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11-24-2004, 12:50 PM
Hey John,
I guess I helped bend one of those drive shafts on Sun.
Sorry bro.
I guess I helped bend one of those drive shafts on Sun.
Sorry bro.
Originally posted by John Fontaine
How many drive shafts do you guys have that are bent?
They're hard to find brand new right now and the FT ones
are even more expensive than the evo 2 or T1R drive shafts.
My jig will straighten both because they're the same size,
51mm.
I never thought about selling the jig... but if the demand
is there and the jig works perfectly than I'll consider it.
Let me get through the design and preliminary build and
test and I'll get back to you guys.
I feel like I'm a part of Orange County Choppers with this
type of work...LOL
How many drive shafts do you guys have that are bent?
They're hard to find brand new right now and the FT ones
are even more expensive than the evo 2 or T1R drive shafts.
My jig will straighten both because they're the same size,
51mm.
I never thought about selling the jig... but if the demand
is there and the jig works perfectly than I'll consider it.
Let me get through the design and preliminary build and
test and I'll get back to you guys.
I feel like I'm a part of Orange County Choppers with this
type of work...LOL
11-24-2004, 01:11 PM
just think,you got John thinking on a way to fix axles now. If you didnt help bend them he might not have came up with the idea. Now he might be rich from this. See thats what friends are for
Last edited by John Tag; 11-24-2004 at 01:18 PM.
11-24-2004, 01:12 PM
Tech Regular
R/C Monk:
Sounds like the work of a true hacker!
Hey John if your modification does work let me know. I have three shafts that need bent back into place. See you on Saturday then.
Sounds like the work of a true hacker!
Hey John if your modification does work let me know. I have three shafts that need bent back into place. See you on Saturday then.
11-24-2004, 01:43 PM
You are darn righ John....I'll have to talk to Fontaine
about my cut from the sales of the "JIG" that he is
making....
about my cut from the sales of the "JIG" that he is
making....
Originally posted by John Tag
just think,you got John thinking on a way to fix axles
now. If you didnt help bend them he might not have came up
with the idea. Now he might be rich from this. See thats
what friends are for
just think,you got John thinking on a way to fix axles
now. If you didnt help bend them he might not have came up
with the idea. Now he might be rich from this. See thats
what friends are for
11-24-2004, 01:55 PM
Tech Regular
Mr. Hacker
See what we started now guys?
See you all around then, no more breaking axles please! 
See you all around then, no more breaking axles please!
11-24-2004, 02:09 PM
I've got about 3 or 4 shafts I can send you.
11-24-2004, 06:12 PM
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do you guys know where i can buy some metal fornt c-hubs? i broke 6 today with very light hits!
11-24-2004, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by dado11g
do you guys know where i can buy some metal fornt c-hubs? i broke 6 today with very light hits!
do you guys know where i can buy some metal fornt c-hubs? i broke 6 today with very light hits!
They usually are strong until less you hit harder then you think.
11-24-2004, 06:27 PM
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holy s***!!! $26.95 a peice at speedtechrc. do you know where they are cheaper?
11-24-2004, 06:41 PM
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Originally posted by dado11g
holy s***!!! $26.95 a peice at speedtechrc. do you know where they are cheaper?
holy s***!!! $26.95 a peice at speedtechrc. do you know where they are cheaper?
11-24-2004, 06:50 PM
Nope - Xray alum and spring steel is pricy. Steve Wang has some good prices, another place to try is Ashford Hobbies, www.ashfordhobby.com
Yeah RCmonk, you got me thinking about how to fix these darn axles, mostly after talking to Robert @ Ashford yesterday how they're on national backorder from RCAmerica. Thanks for taking me out bud
I got my blocks made and they work awesome.. I had to modify the design a little due to the characteristics of Hudy Spring Steel. My original design was to "Squeeze" the two half of the blocks together with nuts and bolts. This way didn't work and the spring steel axle rebounded back to being bent. My next idea works perfectly. You can see it below. It's two pieces of milled 3/8" steel that's pinned. Wack it with a rubber mallet and it's straight.
Here's pics of the the blocks. They will accomidate any length of spring steel axle. I made up two kinds. The pictures will explain it.
John
Yeah RCmonk, you got me thinking about how to fix these darn axles, mostly after talking to Robert @ Ashford yesterday how they're on national backorder from RCAmerica. Thanks for taking me out bud
I got my blocks made and they work awesome.. I had to modify the design a little due to the characteristics of Hudy Spring Steel. My original design was to "Squeeze" the two half of the blocks together with nuts and bolts. This way didn't work and the spring steel axle rebounded back to being bent. My next idea works perfectly. You can see it below. It's two pieces of milled 3/8" steel that's pinned. Wack it with a rubber mallet and it's straight.
Here's pics of the the blocks. They will accomidate any length of spring steel axle. I made up two kinds. The pictures will explain it.
John
Last edited by John Fontaine; 11-24-2004 at 06:57 PM.
11-24-2004, 06:51 PM
Pic 2
11-24-2004, 06:52 PM
Here's one with an axle in it.
11-24-2004, 06:53 PM
Sandwiched together and a few taps with a rubber hammer and it's straight.
11-24-2004, 06:54 PM
Here's my second fixture, it has a nice spot for the ball end.. It works nicely as well.