Injora’s Capra lookalike

[Doom!]

The c hubs from the KYX axle will not fit the ssd axle, the splines don’t quit line up. The link mount don’t fit either, the mounting holes are a little bit larger than the ssd stuff not seating all the way on to the axle tubes.

Wouldn't it be nice if everything was a universal fit? I hate when it's so close but not close enough.

 

[HPIguy]

With modern sensored brushless setups, there's really no reason to go brushed anymore. My Pro4 in my Wraith will happily crawl right alonsside my Homles brushed setup in my comp rig with no issues. Nice looking build.

 

[TeknoJ]

Yes considering the ssd hubs are on back order most places. They are on eBay though.
Right now I’m short on bearings to get this thing rolling. Oh well, at least my sendero HD should be here today!

 

[Jerold]

With modern sensored brushless setups, there's really no reason to go brushed anymore. My Pro4 in my Wraith will happily crawl right alonsside my Homles brushed setup in my comp rig with no issues. Nice looking build.

I just swapped to a HW Fusion Pro and it's really good, better than my Holmes/HW 1080 combo (which is for sale in the classifieds if anyone is interested). However, the Fusion Pro is 2.3x the cost.

The Holmes/HW combo is about $75 new shipped to me. The HW Fusion Pro is $150 + Programming card +tax + shipping. It gets up to $180 pretty quickly. Replacement is expensive too. If something goes wrong with the Fusion, I'm screwed and considering I can replace the a good brushed motor for $20, it's a hard pill to swallow.

The Fusion Pro setup has more control, less parts and easier on the batteries but you pay for the performance.

 

[HPIguy]

I just swapped to a HW Fusion Pro and it's really good, better than my Holmes/HW 1080 combo (which is for sale in the classifieds if anyone is interested). However, the Fusion Pro is 2.3x the cost.

The Holmes/HW combo is about $75 new shipped to me. The HW Fusion Pro is $150 + Programming card +tax + shipping. It gets up to $180 pretty quickly. Replacement is expensive too. If something goes wrong with the Fusion, I'm screwed and considering I can replace the a good brushed motor for $20, it's a hard pill to swallow.

The Fusion Pro setup has more control, less parts and easier on the batteries but you pay for the performance.

While that's all true, if you're buying $20 Holmes motors, you're buying bottom-of-the-barrel in the Holmes lineup. So comparing that to a nice sensored brushless setup is apples to oranges. And there are cheaper brushless setups out there as well.

Why are you screwed if something goes wrong with the Fusion setup? Do they not offer replacement parts? I know I can order pretty much any part for my Pro4 to fix it if needed.

 

[Jerold]

While that's all true, if you're buying $20 Holmes motors, you're buying bottom-of-the-barrel in the Holmes lineup. So comparing that to a nice sensored brushless setup is apples to oranges. And there are cheaper brushless setups out there as well.

Why are you screwed if something goes wrong with the Fusion setup? Do they not offer replacement parts? I know I can order pretty much any part for my Pro4 to fix it if needed.

I could spend $150 on a HH brushed motor but it didn't make sense. The Trailmaster combined with the HW 1080 works very well. It's a known combination and affordable too. It's not a competition rig.

The other option was an out runner, but the noise is insane. There is/was an HH esc that eliminated the noise, but I haven't seen much on it lately, which makes me think it's wasn't as great as everyone thought. So I took the path of least resistance.

The Fusion Pro is new and didn't want to jinx anything, so I haven't looking into replacement or repair for the Fusion. But that's a good thought, I will have to look into it.

 

[TeknoJ]

I think once I get tired of the element’s stock electronics I will put a fusion in it.

 

[Jerold]

I think once I get tired of the element’s stock electronics I will put a fusion in it.

AMain had a sale @20% off, so I snatched it at $130. They have pretty good sales once in a while.

 

[TeknoJ]

I got these tmaxx shocks and decided to pull them apart and make sure the seals were greased because out of the box they felt dry. Sure enough they were dry. The instructions say to just add oil, pump n go. I was always under the impression a little grease on the seals goes a long way.
Taking them apart was the easy step, the internal circlip was not too bad to get out but getting back in……. I went out and bought some internal ring pliers that didn’t quite have the right size stuff. They didn’t close tight enough either. So I modified them for my needs. The first 2 were a pain but I got the clip back in. I inserted the clip after pushing the shaft through the seals, because if you do the clip first then the shaft tears up the x-rings. A 30 minute shock build took like 4hrs of around with that damn clip. On the next 2 shocks I just rubbed some grease on the shaft and worked it in n out hoping some may have gotten in there.
Does anybody know of or have the proper pair of snap ring pliers for this small of a clip!?

 

[Lukedavis]

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I got these tmaxx shocks and decided to pull them apart and make sure the seals were greased because out of the box they felt dry. Sure enough they were dry. The instructions say to just add oil, pump n go. I was always under the impression a little grease on the seals goes a long way.
Taking them apart was the easy step, the internal circlip was not too bad to get out but getting back in……. I went out and bought some internal ring pliers that didn’t quite have the right size stuff. They didn’t close tight enough either. So I modified them for my needs. The first 2 were a pain but I got the clip back in. I inserted the clip after pushing the shaft through the seals, because if you do the clip first then the shaft tears up the x-rings. A 30 minute shock build took like 4hrs of around with that damn clip. On the next 2 shocks I just rubbed some grease on the shaft and worked it in n out hoping some may have gotten in there.
Does anybody know of or have the proper pair of snap ring pliers for this small of a clip!?

lol @DavidB1126 was talking about this too wand was having a hard time with the big bore traxxas shocks. he ended up bending the clip.

 

[TeknoJ]

That’s one heavy axle

 

[TeknoJ]

I forgot how fast this thing was…. I ended up dropping in a Tekin pro4 2400kv with the rx4. I also forgot how noisy that transmission is, compared to the stealthX anyway.
I feel like I need slightly stiffer springs up front or something, the shocks are just bottomed out. Since there’s hardly any chassis weight in the rear, that particular setup seems perfect.

 

[TeknoJ]

New wheels, same look but just a negative offset. The take off beadlocks are going straight to the sendero HD!

YZZR inserts

 

[TeknoJ]

I just figured I could throw in an update here. My last addition to this was some new wheels with more offset, but I haven’t had a chance to drive it.
Tomorrow might be an early day so I may return it to action.

Shoooot…. On second thought I just finished building this SSD front axle, so now it’s on SSD both front and rear. These are nice.

 

[BA0701]

I just figured I could throw in an update here. My last addition to this was some new wheels with more offset, but I haven’t had a chance to drive it.
Tomorrow might be an early day so I may return it to action.
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Shoooot…. On second thought I just finished building this SSD front axle, so now it’s on SSD both front and rear. These are nice.
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You are really putting in the effort on this rig, seems you have her dialed in. How do you like those tires and rims, do they stick to the rocks well?

 

[TeknoJ]

Well that was a very short test. The grub screw pin on the front driveshaft broke and left me with 2wd. If it wasn’t for the other half of the shaft connected to the trans and flopping around I’d still drive it!
I found the driveshaft after a little searching.
Got a couple cool action shots. And it did really well on some difficult looking stuff

 

[TeknoJ]

Insanity at its finest. I installed the puller pro 3500 and rx4 back into this beast, since that was my intention all along. It truly is a bouncer now. My computer crashed so I can’t dial in the esc, it really needs a throttle curve adjustment along with the punch power being lowered. I can do basic tuning on the esc itself but the Hotwire program has some detailed settings I need.
Anyway about 30 seconds in I stripped the spur gear. I don’t have any 32p pinions so I borrowed the stock 48p spur from a losi 22s since I have plenty of 48p pinions. Great top speed from the 3500kv but slow crawl is very hard to do with this. I’m not sure if it’s the gearing in the 3gear transmission or the axle gearing or what but it drives way different than it did in the sendero hd. I had the slipper clutch locked all the way down and anytime you give er the onions it just screeches. Then, the pinion came loose and was only grabbing a portion of the spur resulting in a stripped mess.

 

[MVRCA]

https://dluxfab.com/Snap-Ring-Pliers-p307177635

 

[WickedFog]

https://dluxfab.com/Snap-Ring-Pliers-p307177635

I bought these, and they are the best one's I've ever owned.
IRWIN VISE-GRIP Convertible Snap Ring Pliers, 6-1/2-Inch (2078900) https://a.co/d/aRTA4K0

 

[TeknoJ]

https://dluxfab.com/Snap-Ring-Pliers-p307177635

Oh those better work! @DavidB1126 would like to see this as well

I bought these, and they are the best one's I've ever owned.
IRWIN VISE-GRIP Convertible Snap Ring Pliers, 6-1/2-Inch (2078900) https://a.co/d/aRTA4K0
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These didn’t have the tips that were small enough for those circlips