All done by hand using vice, files, Dremel, drill press and sandpaper. I had a local machine shop machine up a couple of things for me that I couldn't do accurately enough. In a year or so I'll have gotten my hands on a lathe and mill. No CNC files either.rccars4sal wrote:Real men drive rear motor chain drive buggies! Beautiful work. Are machining by hand or creating cnc files?
Fitted Associated classic shocks on the rear. Moved the rear arms out to the optional wider setting. Dropped in Scorpion stub axles and dogbones. The outdrive cups are RC Channel's. I had to remove some excess metal from the final drive gear shaft that was protruding into the drive cups. With the arms level there's about 2mm of dogbone side to side play. I haven't fitted diffs to the front or rear yet.
And pretty much the same at the front. Moved the front suspension out to the 12mm wider setting. Scorpion stub axles, dogbones and RC Channel outdrive cups. Plus excess metal removed from the final gear shaft. About 2mm side to side play at the front too with the dogbones level. I'll have to move the front shocks to a slightly more upright position. As it is now the front dogbones just clear the shock ballends but as the suspension is compressed they foul at about half travel. I'll fit rere Scorpion universals to the front to improve steering lock as well.
Finally it's a 4WD.