Haha I love jumping that huge jump. Remember Gandhar?

Divyam can u temme how high can your slash jump w/o bottoming out, atleast a rough idea..?

@Divyam: The pics say it all

Got the shock shafts?

Yeah. But I managed to straighten the current shaft. Its gonna work for sometime, but when I change the pistons in the next rebuild, I'll swap the shocks as well

Update: Got the wrong loctite. I got the green stuff. I need the red stuff. Hope the guy at the shop exchanges them because I haven't opened it yet.

Great stuff Gandhar: i see you are building your dream Slash. just make sure you participate at the next race.

Thanks man. I sure am building THE slash!

I'll be sure to attend the next race

This is turning out  to be pretty tough.  The inner race of a bearing is stuck on the steering post. I'll use a soldering iron to expand it....

PS: It turned out to be useless. Need to figure out what to do...

PPS: Blew that bearing. Anybody with a 5x8x2.5 bearing? I need one. Maybe I'l use a power tool or something to cut the inner race off the steering post. This is a bad problem

Where did you buy "green" locktit from? Read online that green is thin consistancy and used to secure screws that are already in place.

You can check here:
http://www.rcindia.org/for-sale/bearings-of-all-sizes-6402/

was it glued or something? Post a pic if possible

Got the loctite.

I'll post a pic as soon as possible. I'll cut off the race with a hacksaw blade, get a new bearing, sand the steering post down and then install the bearing. I forced it a little too much...

PS: I asked the dude but he said he didn't have the sizes we use in cars....

Kinda good news. I've got 10 bearings on their way to my home. Should reach me by tomorrow or day after tomorrow. The build shall resume. Once I get the steering rack in, I don't foresee any problems. It should be as simple as mounting the front and rear diffs and arms and stuff like that. Then, I'll have to put the motor mount on and the top deck with the servo. Rest of the work will be electronics. I'll fill my shocks at the track

Till then, here are some pics of it in its disassembled state.
Bare chassis. Once the whole kit is built, I'll put the sway bar back on...


Front and rear assemblies with center driveline. Lots of loctite stains on the 'pit mat' I was using

Dude its time for u to change your RC skills to "EXPERT"

Great work man! Can't wait to see your Slash! Its gonna be kickass!

Quote from: traxxrc1 on October 11, 2011, 05:31:15 PM
Dude its time for u to change your RC skills to "EXPERT"

Lolol no way. I tried soldering 4mm bullets today and failed

@Divyam: I can't wait to get her up and running too. Should be ready by tomorrow or day after.

The bearings are here and the steering is sorted out

Time for the front and rear gearboxes. Sorry but I won't have any more build pics because the camera isn't at home now.

The chassis is ready for the most part. Electronics and motor are yet to go on because the ESC('s) and motor are waiting for 4mm bullets. Once the soldering is done, I should be able to finish her up minus the shocks. they are waiting for oil.

Anyways, 2 problems. One slightly big one and one not so big one.

Lets get the bad one out of the way. The front diff is binding like crazy. Need to find out why. I'm pretty sure its something between the bevel gear and the input gear. The diff itself isn't binding. The  not so bad news is that I stripped a button head screw on the top deck while fastening the steering posts. I can turn it into a phillips head screw easily

Anyways, once the binding issue is sorted out, she's ready to rip!!

PS: Most of the binding has been removed. The gear mesh was off. I opened the front diff cover and tried over and over and finally got it to line up properly. Its not butter smooth but its pretty smooth. I doubt the vxl on the SC8 will have trouble powering my baby.

So, mechanical problems have been solved.( Kinda. The diffs are a little noisy because there is no lube on the ring gears ). I hope they stand up to one day at the track. And got to test my front wheel bearings' performance out. They are AWESOME!!! So, once all the soldering is done, she's ready to go to the track......

Awesome:) keep the other bearings and clean it up. Even I have to solder on 4mm bullets. No point doing it till I figure out how to turn the lvc on. Programming card is the only way I see as of now

Hey, care to join us at Pitstop on Sunday? I'd love to race you. We've got a race on Sunday...

Ok, got some pics here.
Really narrow....


Slipper assembly



Flat pan chassis with slightly angled center driveshaft...


Front end with aluminum arm blocks...


Rear end with Aluminum arm blocks...


The beauty...


Front end waiting for the servo. The sway bar will be connected properly at the end.

hello all,

Boy u all r enjoying RCing! Plz can u give me basics such as from where should i start? so that i can add a Traxxas to collection.

http://www.rcindia.org/cars/how-to-get-started-off-in-cars/

http://www.rcindia.org/wiki/Main_Page ( Check the cars section)

Well, got the servo attached after complete noob- ness on my part. 3rd mistake I made

I went wrong on step 1.a . Did a few things and the servo is on. All that waits is the motor mount, ESC, Rx, motor and shocks.

hello,

Did u buy it here?

http://www.traxxas.in/products.htm

I got the car from Jayanth of ThrottleRC.

I've got her all built up. All that is left now is to bind the Rx to the Tx and fill my shocks up. She's ready to go!

I shimmed my rear diff after I built it all up. It makes a pretty big difference in the drivetrain. It feels quite smooth now. There is a slight tightness at some point but I don't think it'll hurt. Here are some pics of how I did it and my built up SSC LCG Slash 4x4.

Shims in.


After shimming. I might have to tape up the exposed area to keep it dust- proof.


The Rx cover will go on after I bind the Rx to the Tx. Wiring is a little messy now. Motor wires are too long for this. I wouldn't worry about the added resistance. I'm changing my motor after a while.


Rear end.