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Old 12-22-2014 | 05:12 AM
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BuGgYBaShEr.28
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I have been beating this truck up all season since I built it. Finding out what needs some adjustment and what needs a mod. I have since built this thing added quiet a few upgrades.

- added a PVC pipe between the front and rear skid and bulkheads to keep the skids from bending too much.
- added a second servo saver. I started with one stock and went to an alloy saver. That didn't work like I thought it would and went to 2 stock servo savers and love it so much better.
-at the bottom end of the shocks attaching to the lower a arm, I added a lock nut to the back side, the screws just being threaded into the arm would back out over time and I also think it created to much flex. The but allows for a better and tighter attachment.
- on the under side, I took a stock skid and cut it to fix an open area of the flm skid to add protection against wear, similar to the rpm skid.
- I added some axial posts in between the chassis braces for added support. Looks kool and adds some more support to keep the under carriage solid.
- black wire loom, this really is just a cosmetic feature. I'm sure it may help protect the wires but other than that it just cleans everything up.
-I had Teflon shims for the wheel hubs, it was all I had at the time and now replaced those with steel shims and tighten the play in the wheel hubs.
-went from a 10k diff fluid to a 30k.
-painted a new body, added drywall tape and shoe goo to the under side and backed in spray bedliner. Seems really sturdy now.

All these mods I have yet to physically test yet. The truck has been done for these repairs for a few months now and she is rdy for another beating. Here are a few pics.

Dual servo saver and traxxas skid to cover flm skid.


One of the chassis braces with the axial post.


Lock nuts to attach shock to a arm.
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