Rummy's Savage E-5SC

[NickRummy]

I have a sleeve I'm going to try first. You know how on the adapters I made for you there is a shoulder in between the 24mm hex and the bearing in the knuckle? I think that's why the XL axles have a problem. They have nothing to support them when they flex and the weakest point is at the thread where they are tightened down. I'm going to make some of these beefy sleeves and try them out and see how it holds up.

[_paralyzed_]

I don't know what the side pieces from the 5sc kit are called, but I'd just throw the batteries there, one on each side. Mount some straps and call her a day.

[NickRummy]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

I don't know what the side pieces from the 5sc kit are called, but I'd just throw the batteries there, one on each side. Mount some straps and call her a day.

I'm not sure I'll want to rely on them holding the weight of the batteries when it's being bashed hard. It's just two plastic support arms that hang off the chassis. The stone guards that go under the side body mounts are just a thin flexible plastic that wouldn't support anything. I might split the side body mounts up into two pieces instead of the one long channel. That might give me some more room on the sides.

[thzero]

Yes, I'm pretty sure you hit on the head. Be interesting to see if beefy sleeves solves the problem; if it does, certainly a less of a hassle solution.

Originally Posted by NickRummy

I have a sleeve I'm going to try first. You know how on the adapters I made for you there is a shoulder in between the 24mm hex and the bearing in the knuckle? I think that's why the XL axles have a problem. They have nothing to support them when they flex and the weakest point is at the thread where they are tightened down. I'm going to make some of these beefy sleeves and try them out and see how it holds up.