my new revo build from nothing to something, i hope.

[sotvotkong]

well today the hobby shop had everything i needed in accept the nerf bars. got my 2 2075 digi servos in today as well, and yesterday my tqi 2.4ghz rx and tx came in. too bad i have to work tomarrow, but sunday ill have time to sit down and see how far i can get. I'm hoping on only 1 more big trip to the hobby store. but all in all it will be under cost of a new one still.

 

[sotvotkong]

ok I've been at it again today, and I'm doing the pushrod/turnbuckles today, and I've got the rear together.

so heres a question, when i push the rear suspention in, the toe angle changes. it goes from in to out as its compressed. is this normal? i figured it would or should stay straight. but thats the normal car in me talking. I've checked photos, and it apears to be put together correctly. any help or tips or advice on this is much apreciated.

got it figured out, the rear hubs were upside down.

 

[olds97_lss]

No, you have the wrong ball ends. It should stay pretty stationary as the arms go up/down. If your using the wrong offset ball ends, it will do what your describing pretty bad. I think it's called "bump steer" or some such.

EDIT:
crap... didn't get to the end of the post before I started running off at the fingers... lol

 

[sotvotkong]

yea so I've got the servo for steering all hooked up and mounted, i have the one for the trans mounted, but I'm a little unsure of how it should be hooked to the linkage, or rather the linkage positioning.

i should turn the radio on and set it that way? or just put it on and adjust trim later on the radio?

also i am having a lil trouble with understanding how to put the sway bars on. I'm not seeing them at all in the expaned views.

are all the plastic servo and power switch gaurds/boxes, the same revo vs slayer? I've checked a few part numbers, and they apear to be different. id like to hope there the same in the end, and i can just buy whats the cheapest.

 

[sotvotkong]

well crap. i got it all together, - the motor, and tried the body on.... sigh... big sigh......another long drawn out sigh............

the chassis i have is the 2.5 chassis, so its gotta go. I've already ordered my 3.3 chassis, and i can just go down to the hobby shop for all the a arms, that will now be replacing the aluminum stuff. looks like i got the last one off of hobbylobby because it is out of stock now. thanks for the link to them btw. saved me a grip.

so the turnbuckles need to be 72mm right? and then i would need a longer front driveshaft correct? and thats it right? remember people we are talking about a slayer -> slayer pro, not a revo.


anyone???

 

[sotvotkong]

so I've converted it to a slayer pro chassis and yes you need everything i said, and a few more. no company makes better arms for the slayer pro. it has 8 different arms, and the come in corners instead of pairs. as of sat, rpm still has no plans of making any. tho I've read around alot and people seem to say the traxxas ones are fairly tuff.

5912 -body
5322x -chassis
5931x -arm
5932x -arm
5933x -arm
5934x -arm
5935 -front bumper
5939 -2x-turbuckle
5341x -servo turbuckle rod
5456 -halfshafts