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i have an ultima xl turned into a hybrid of some sort. with a triumph gear box. I bought triumph rims to put on an ultima front axle.the axle seems to be a tad long for the triumph rim.any suggestions.will a triumph front axle be shorter, will a triumph front axle work with the ultima hub? should i just put washers to make up the differance on the ultima front axle?any help /suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

I didn't know about this difference.
If you have shouldered bearings that would work I'd use those. They would sit a little wider on the rim and help kepp thrim straight a bit.(try with one on the inside first, then see if you got enough space left to do the outside one too)

Or just use washers and be done with it cheap. You can always claim it is your trick to have an adjustable front width

The triumph front axles a little bit shorter than the standard ultima axles. I beleive the triumph's extra long arms cause the the car to be too wide with the standard ultima wheels. So that's why the triumph wheels are narrower (between the bearings).

The triumph axles will work with the stock ultima steering blocks and hinge pins. You can just put spacers on the ultima axles.

Regards,
highwayracer

Yup the triumph shafts are shorter I use a spare bearing on the inside of my ultima shafts it makes it a bit wide but I like the way it handles

ah, now I know why I have those short axles! thanks roger-

i suppose a bushing on the inside would also work?

anything thin enough to fit and not touch the outer ring of the bearing would be ok.

some pictures of my pro XL with triumph tranny .i have all shelfers so i figured i better make at least one to run.its mainly new parts as well.












http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_b850m88dQ


I need some pure tech battery straps still to mount the battery vertical

That thing sounds like its ready to blast off into space on your video, lots of power. Are the front shocks the same length as the rear shocks on those buggies? Looks nice and fun.

i think they were supposed to be a medium length but large rears is what i had kicking around.

Holy long front shocks Batman!

I don't remember if Kyosho ever made a stadium truck version of the triumph... Just thinking the shocktower and long shocks might be from the truck version. But if memory serves me right, there was no truck between the ultima and pro-x trucks. Anybody who knows for sure?

I'm pretty sure there was no Triumph truck too. There were Ultima based trucks and a Pro-X truck, but that's it.

it ihas a triumph front shock tower on it that comes with the stock triumph i just put long shocks on it instead of mediums.personally i find it so long that i dont mind the longer travel anyways.