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Chadworkz · 05.28.2010, 07:09 PM

Use Dace Mfg. 23mm Hex-Adapters, they are the best made!

jpoprock · 06.01.2010, 10:38 AM

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Use Dace Mfg. 23mm Hex-Adapters, they are the best made!

Yeah, I'm sure the Dace ones rule. I've never actually used them, but was a big fan of all things GArc and UE when I had an Emaxx. So, what trucks do the Dace work with? Cuz usually if an adapter works with the Losi, it will not work with the Revo and vice versa.

Thanks!

JAILBIRD · 05.28.2010, 07:13 PM

I believe the HPIs are 24mm to run the 5B/T wheels on a savage. I have been running the Dynamite 23mm adapters for a while. They seem to be holding up fantastic.

-JB

Chadworkz · 05.28.2010, 07:32 PM

The Dace 23mm hexes are made out of 7075-T6 billet, are drilled for lightness, and have a flange on the nut for increased contact between the nut and the wheel, which causes more friction, resulting in less loosening of the nuts over time. Plus, the flanges on the nuts have holes drilled in them, so they add extra friction to keep the nuts from loosening.

jpoprock · 06.01.2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Chadworkz

The Dace 23mm hexes are made out of 7075-T6 billet, are drilled for lightness, and have a flange on the nut for increased contact between the nut and the wheel, which causes more friction, resulting in less loosening of the nuts over time. Plus, the flanges on the nuts have holes drilled in them, so they add extra friction to keep the nuts from loosening.

Yummy! Me likey! Are they hard to find? Where do get them?

I use Loctite on my hex nuts and it works well. But it is a royal pain having to check those all the time. Esp if you don't have the wrench handy.

Chadworkz · 05.31.2010, 10:13 PM

Dude, you are friggin' amazing...these parts look professionally made, seriously!

JThiessen · 06.01.2010, 12:53 AM

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Dude, you are friggin' amazing...these parts look professionally made, seriously!

No Chit - nice stuff. What were they before? I see a mold line of some sort on the inside of the big bracket, and matching ones on the smaller brackets..

jpoprock · 06.14.2010, 01:31 PM

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Dude, you are friggin' amazing...these parts look professionally made, seriously!

So, you got this angle iron at Home Depot then? WHen you buy stuff like this, does it come in one long strip? Then did you have to drill the holes and bend it into shape? I can't believe you were able to make such precise bends with such a small amount of material?

mistercrash · 06.14.2010, 02:07 PM

I traced on the aluminum with a hobby knife and punched where the screw holes are with a centering punch. I used a print out of the drawing I made of the chassis, it is pretty accurate judging at how all the holes lined up with no problems.
Yes I used the router table with a Tungsten carbide bit, the same I use for CF. BUT with aluminum, the bit needs a lot of lubrication (I used a can of WD40) so that the aluminum doesn't heat up and gum up the bit. It was pain staking work to spray some lubricant and cut for half an inch then spray some more lubricant and cut another half inch. Sometimes I had to stop and clean the bit of the aluminum that was stuck in the teeth. It was very messy and the shards of aluminum left from the cuts were very sharp. I managed to finish the pieces but the router is not the best method to cut aluminum if you ask me.
If you have someone you know who can CNC machine it that is the best way. I think I can export the drawings I made in DXF or DWG files that can be used by a machinist. I never tried to have a CNC program read the exported drawings so I can't confirm if it would work. It might.
As for the aluminum angle, yes it was bought at Home Depot in a 36 or 48 inch strip. I make the cuts I need and make the bends using a big vise and a hammer. I do it carefully so that the alu doesn't crack too much.

mistercrash · 06.16.2010, 09:04 AM

Made a turnbuckle for the Muggy bellcranks. I used a Traxxas Revo turnbukle with Traxxas large ball cups. I had to cut the turnbuckle to the right length so I kept the end with the left handed threads and threaded regular right handed threads on the opposite. With a hole in the middle, it was easy to adjust it to the final length I wanted.

mistercrash · 06.17.2010, 11:47 AM

I remember reading somewhere about the turning radius of the LSTs being to wide. Running my LST, I don't really notice this lack of turning radius so I measured it. I put the truck parallel to the curb with the wheels touching it and with the wheels turned at full lock, slowly made a U turn and once the truck was parallel to the curb again at the end of my U turn, I made a mark at the front wheel. Then I measured from the curb to the mark and got 71''. So I'm asking the other LST users here, what's your turning radius?

Chadworkz · 03:22 AM

They were just regular aluminum angle. Pretty much all of the aluminum angle I have seen have that same line (or similar ones) which is formed as the raw semi-molten aluminum is forced through the shaping-die that creates the angle out of regular aluminum stock.

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Brackets made of aluminum angle

JThiessen · 06.01.2010, 09:29 AM

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They were just regular aluminum angle. Pretty much all of the aluminum angle I have seen have that same line (or similar ones) which is formed as the raw semi-molten aluminum is forced through the shaping-die that creates the angle out of regular aluminum stock.

Must use a different supplier than we do. I have never seen similar die lines in 20 years.

mistercrash · 06.01.2010, 10:36 AM

The aluminum angle was just something I picked up at Home Depot a while back. I just tried the truck with the biggest and heaviest 3S lipos I have which are the Turnigy 5800 mah and jumped it funny quite a few times. Landing on the lid, the rear, the nose, cartwheeling. I cracked the body and slightly bent a steering turnbuckle in the process but the battery boxes are intact. Looks like those brackets are doing the job.

Chadworkz · 06.01.2010, 07:24 PM

Dace made 23mm hex-adapters for more than just the Maxx/Revo style trucks, they made them for pretty much every popular "different" style made. They also made 17mm hex-adapters as well.

Anyway, the Dace 23mm Maxx/Revo Hex-Adapters fit over an existing 14mm hex, so they will work on any vehicle that uses a 14mm hex or any vehicle that a 14mm hex can be fitted to.