Project: Savage Flux 5T

[Nard Cox]

I'm still driving with the normal gear set, for over a year now and it's still in one piece .. what am I'm doing wrong :D ?

[thzero]

Dunno... I've chewed mine to pieces. :)

Originally Posted by Nard Cox

I'm still driving with the normal gear set, for over a year now and it's still in one piece .. what am I'm doing wrong :D ?

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by Nard Cox

I'm still driving with the normal gear set, for over a year now and it's still in one piece .. what am I'm doing wrong :D ?

Plug in the other lipo so your running them in series ?? JK

[thzero]

Rotfl.

Originally Posted by bondonutz

plug in the other lipo so your running them in series ?? Jk

[thzero]

Integy Rear Hubs... they seem decent enough. However, fit and finish wasn't greatest. I had to grind down the ball in the upper tie rod end to get it to fit. Also it was a damn tight fit with the bearings!! Should have taken a dremel and ground them out carefully, but I was in a bit of a rush so I suspect the bearings just won't come out!

Other thing is there aren't any instructions so you really aren't 100% sure what degrees of camber the three optional mounting points are. Will need to get out camber gauage and measure. I did use the #2 mounting point(#1 go #2, #2, go #1... ) for what I believe is 2 degrees of camber.



Put together with the XL axles and the 24mm HPI hub adapters.



Pic of them mounted (sorry unlike others, I am not doing shot by shot mounting instructions!).



So now after all that it does a great job of elimanting the slop in the rear end which should help the vehicle track a lot better. I realize that HPI saves money by using the same part on both ends, but they really need to make a plastic version of this as standard equipment.

I also tossed in the HD drive gear set into the gearbox.

Next up... I did actually take some "advice" and got some shock "socks" from badhorsie, so we'll see how those work out (or don't).

Following that, I am probably going to grind out the TVPs some to make room for a CC1520 1Y and run 6S instead of the 5S I am now. Although the CC1512 1.5Y would be a nice middle ground and its actually shorter than the CC2200 so no mods would be necessary to the TVPs.

Think I will also work on some lexan mud guards for the rear arms.

[_dV]

I have the same Rear Hubs and didn't have an issue with fitting the top stock arm into them. Maybe the pivot ball is a touch wider?

My bearings were also a tight fit but when it came to changing them they came out much easier then i expected. I just tapped alternately on either side of them with a small screw driver and they came out nps.

I have bent one of the rods that come with them but was probably just from bad crashes. Integy sold me a replacement set of rods separate from the hubs which was great.

Very much agree there should be a stock plastic part.

The horsie shock covers will get damaged by stone strike so the rear guards are a good idea to protect them from that.

[Bmr4life]

Originally Posted by thzero

Integy Rear Hubs... they seem decent enough. However, fit and finish wasn't greatest. I had to grind down the ball in the upper tie rod end to get it to fit. Also it was a damn tight fit with the bearings!! Should have taken a dremel and ground them out carefully, but I was in a bit of a rush so I suspect the bearings just won't come out!

Other thing is there aren't any instructions so you really aren't 100% sure what degrees of camber the three optional mounting points are. Will need to get out camber gauage and measure. I did use the #2 mounting point(#1 go #2, #2, go #1... ) for what I believe is 2 degrees of camber.

Put together with the XL axles and the 24mm HPI hub adapters.

Are those the HPI 86249 wide axles?

[thzero]

Yup... same thing that is on the XL just that I de-anodized the spacers.

Originally Posted by Bmr4life

Are those the HPI 86249 wide axles?

[thzero]

Yes!

Originally Posted by Bmr4life

Are those the HPI 86249 wide axles?

[thzero]

A few updates the monster buggy... my attempts at steering mods!

Basically this was broken down into three phases. First was using the FLM drag link and making mods to the streeting linkage arm to allow for as much movement as possible:



Second was to modify the hubs and hub carries to remove any places that they were binding or were causing them to stop too soon.





This got me a lot more throw than expected and the tie rods were binding on the suspension arm's rear shock mount tabs. Since I am using Flux shocks, I had no need for the tabs and was able to remove them.



There are a few more pictures in the gallery.

I should note that even with the mods, the servo is still well under its full movement so there shouldn't be an issues with the servo. I'm also using the heavy duty servo saver spring.

And yes, my monster buggy is a bit dirty... :)