Radline Crawler

[trained.monkey]

Hey all,
I am working on modding a Radline Monster truck for crawling. So far I have locked the diffs, weighted the rims, and made a 5:1 drop in gearbox for better low range.

Major probs right now are chassis height and tire tread. Anyone know where i can get better tires to fit these rims?

[trained.monkey]

My crawler has made great progress since last posting. I created a solid axle conversion (kit) for the radline differential (using a front diff casing and cast plastic axle holders) which uses brass tubing for the axle tubes so suspension can be easily customized from coil, to leaf, to quarter/half eliptical by simply soldering the different perches to the tubes.
I also fabbed up a rough triangulated four link suspension for the new live axle rear end which is a bolt on to the existing chassis. (moves center of gravity WAY forward).
Another item done is a (very) rough dual u-joint slip shaft to get the power to the rear end.
I am using the radline oil filled upgrade shocks mounted to the lower arms of the four link and the four link plates this set-up allows for almost 4" of travel of the rear axle.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/88/l_e9ca0404b6fc42ebb2bf956ead53312a.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/84/l_6ddbe751a4df482aa8e2e1ee5b3235c3.jpg

[minirccrawler]

I created a solid axle conversion (kit) for the radline differential (using a front diff casing and cast plastic axle holders) which uses brass tubing for the axle tubes so suspension can be easily customized from coil, to leaf, to quarter/half eliptical by simply soldering the different perches to the tubes.
I also fabbed up a rough triangulated four link suspension for the new live axle rear end which is a bolt on to the existing chassis. (moves center of gravity WAY forward).
Another item done is a (very) rough dual u-joint slip shaft to get the power to the rear end.

Close up pics?! :)

[trained.monkey]

Hows this?
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/87/l_621639e2afc24313ba8d60be17b34372.jpg

[trained.monkey]

New Chassis..

sitting on its bump-stops (as low as it gets) no shocks yet
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/83/l_187c8533a965482fa4e44ee0de94cac6.jpg

And last, cause it will be a crawler the obligitory flex shot.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/110/l_0bb7365f61194a15812910eaf39eb5f3.jpg

Yeah it can tripod! It actually can flex the front axle 94 degrees (lays the axle upside down (too.. much.. articulation :D )

I figured out some better material than all thread for the links (still need to re-do the front ones)