G3R Update
 

Rebuilt with lots of titanium....

The sway bars are the new lunsford titanium grinder links and the pushrods were grabbed on sale for 12 on tower...

Apologies for the bumper - Its gone....

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Looks very nice..

Especially the BIG front bumper!:lol:

Really looks good, but honestly, I would have went with the Traxxas tubes. I had the Lunsford pushrods and surprisingly, they bent rather easy. Whats odd is titanium usually doesn't bend. It'll bounce back for the most part or just snap...

I have the traxxas red tubes - 12$ they were worth a shot

True dat. I never had a problem with the turnbuckles, but the front pushrods both bent on me. :neutral: I do like the fact that the way practically nothing what so ever though.

By the way, you have a link to the sway bar rods?

Towerhobbies and search grinder and lunsford

Will do. Thanks.

Do you remember what length?

55mm

Hehee, there's my invention! Bicycle inner tubes. How do you like those so far? Any battery fallings? Nice looking truck btw

None They work perfectly! Best invention yet!

Chris, what do the tubes do?

Teckno sway bars plus a rear brace...

...bike tubes...clever...

Details on the inner tubes please. :intello:

I'm sick of double strapping both sides to prevent strap beakage. Its a PITA. That looks simple. Can we get a better shot of it and some feedback on the best way to set it up?

Anyone ever try this type of hold down in a buggy or truggy? Looks like it could be a nice quick(er) change battery setup. Faster than messing with velcro straps anyway.

Can I help :mdr:

I have some close up pics in my thread about those inner tubes. http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...8&postcount=72

It's very easy mod. Just buy some bicycle inner tubes. What wider the better eg. I used 2.4" wide dh(downhill/mountain bike) bicycles inner tube. Cut 'em so it's tight fit with your battery pack. You can flex this stuff pretty much and it won't snap. If it feels too tight you can halve the tubing so its just one "blanket". Then I did small holes both ends of the cutted tubing, so it's easier to thread through the screws. Then just secure the tubings to the chassis (look my link at the top) and voila, bon apetit..

FYI tighten the "pressure plates" very tight between the tubing. If not the screws might slit the tubing.. Hope this help :yes:

Edit:. typos

Does those instructions make any sense? :lol: :intello:

Yea. That makes sense. How does it do with holding different size packs? I run some big 8000mah 3s packs and some smaller 43509 2s packs. Do you think one size "tube" do it for both sizes?

I may do some experimenting with this idea. I kinda like its simplicity.

Sry, don't have experience on different size of packs. I use only those 6s1p packs. And they hold up fine. Just cut the tubing so tight that the battery won't fall of, if using bigger packs.

You mean those 8000mah and 4300 mah packs? Can't say for sure, I suggest you to get largest diameter inner tube you can find. dh/mountain bike 2.4" inner tube is very thick and wide. Or you could use cars, tractors etc. inner tube too. Should be more durable and thicker. But test for your self and see what's best for you :yes: