Son-Uva Digger Wheely King build!

[Paul4x4]

Great job Paul. I love what you did with the sway bars. Nice job on the mounts. The planetary covers really make the wheels look nice too.

Thanks!

By the way, what is the diameter of the sway bars on your WK's? And how long are those sway bar arms you use? The arms I made are about 30mm hole to hole.

I just don't want to make the bar too stiff, and I've designed these to use 2.5mm bars, but I don't know if I should cut relief notches in the middle, or would that 2.5mm rod be OK as is. I still need to get some 2.5mm spring steel rod, because that's just mock up rod in the pics...

You have experience with sway bars on these little trucks so I'd like to hear your opinion.

 

[sb306]

Wow. Those look great. I'd definitely be interested in a set!

 

[JKRacing37]

I'd love a set of the arms by themselves for a build I'm working on.

 

[Cowboyclod]

Great job Paul. I got to looking at your attempt of painting your hubs and thought a paint pen or white out pen would work if not a silver Sharpie marker would work in detailing those hubs.

 

[Paul4x4]

Great job Paul. I got to looking at your attempt of painting your hubs and thought a paint pen or white out pen would work if not a silver Sharpie marker would work in detailing those hubs.

Thanks!

Yeah, I could do a better job at painting those, but that was just a two minute quick paint job I did for that one pic.

 

[theblazer24]

Drooling over here over the planataris! One qustion, will they work on trx MJ fronts?

 

[Paul4x4]

will they work on trx MJ fronts?

No, those are designed for the rear wheels only, but I have a couple front wheels here with me too, so I could draw a modified version to fit those as well.

 

[Paul4x4]

Any demand for upper link mounts?:rolleyes

This is my latest design, and I drew that for the Traxxas #1942 rod ends. This one is for the stock steering setup as you can see, and it's much sturdier than the stock part.

If you wonder why those link mounts are not at an angle towards the mounting points in the chassis, that's because it's easy to install the links using one screw, and with an angled setup the part would have to be much wider to fit two M3 nuts between them mounts, so this is a compromise I had to make in order to keep the size of the part reasonable compared to the axle itself.

 

[theblazer24]

Sweet!:cool

 

[DiggerXX]

OK. I defitely want this sway bar system. You are doing some awesome stuff, Paul. Gotta get my WK put back together. Debating on going back to MJ tires on it as well. Just really love the looks of your truck with them.

 

[akura2]

Any demand for upper link mounts?:rolleyes

This is my latest design, and I drew that for the Traxxas #1942 rod ends. This one is for the stock steering setup as you can see, and it's much sturdier than the stock part.

If you wonder why those link mounts are not at an angle towards the mounting points in the chassis, that's because it's easy to install the links using one screw, and with an angled setup the part would have to be much wider to fit two M3 nuts between them mounts, so this is a compromise I had to make in order to keep the size of the part reasonable compared to the axle itself.

You should try 3d printing a proper wheel set... Already widened, already with the smaller inner diameter for the 'look'....

 

[Paul4x4]

OK. I defitely want this sway bar system. You are doing some awesome stuff, Paul. Gotta get my WK put back together. Debating on going back to MJ tires on it as well. Just really love the looks of your truck with them.

Thanks!

I enjoy designing monster truck stuff, and now with the printer, I can finally print my mind so to speak!

I will start offering the kits when I get all the needed stuff first, spring steel bar, set screws etc...

And if you ask me, go for the MJ tires! Much more scale looking with the WK chassis than the Clods!

You should try 3d printing a proper wheel set... Already widened, already with the smaller inner diameter for the 'look'....

I can do that, no problem, but printing wheels isn't cheap and it's very time consuming. But these aren't any Clod wheels we're talking about, though, so I have to look into it when I have time. But it's doable, no doubt about it! If there's demand for wheels, then there's gonna be some wheels.

 

[DiggerXX]

Thanks!

I enjoy designing monster truck stuff, and now with the printer, I can finally print my mind so to speak!

I will start offering the kits when I get all the needed stuff first, spring steel bar, set screws etc...

And if you ask me, go for the MJ tires! Much more scale looking with the WK chassis than the Clods!

Yeah, it's awesome seeing what people can do with the 3D printers. Did you use front or rears on the MJ tires? My last set was rears. I think I will be running a 2Xtreme pair with it and my clod, so I don't know if I would rather keep the look with the MJ tires, or keep it where it matches up in size with my clod.....decisions. But yes, definitely let me know in whatever way when you have sway bars up for grabs, I will be getting some from you!

 

[Paul4x4]

Did you use front or rears on the MJ tires?

Those are also rears on my truck. I like the narrower and more realistic stance better.

 

[sb306]

i would definately be interested in a upper link with the added steering bracing also!

 

[JKRacing37]

Any demand for upper link mounts?:rolleyes

This is my latest design, and I drew that for the Traxxas #1942 rod ends. This one is for the stock steering setup as you can see, and it's much sturdier than the stock part.

VERY interested.

Quick question - how much trouble would it be to put the steering mount on the other side of the link mount? I ask because I'd like to do a clean 4ws install on a stock WK without doing axle mounted servos. A 4 link mount with the steering "L" mount on the opposite side would allow a second rod to be mounted on the steering assembly and activate the rear steering in the opposite direction. Trying to do that with stock pieces means the rod would have to cross over the drive shaft to the other side of the axle.

 

[bpare207]

+1 on being interested in those upper link mounts, AND the sway bar set-up.

 

[Paul4x4]

VERY interested.

Quick question - how much trouble would it be to put the steering mount on the other side of the link mount? I ask because I'd like to do a clean 4ws install on a stock WK without doing axle mounted servos. A 4 link mount with the steering "L" mount on the opposite side would allow a second rod to be mounted on the steering assembly and activate the rear steering in the opposite direction. Trying to do that with stock pieces means the rod would have to cross over the drive shaft to the other side of the axle.

That would be no trouble at all! It takes just a few clicks with the mouse and you have your mount on the other side, no problem.

I just still need to work on the mounts a little bit, because I'd like it to sit good and flat on the axle housing, and now there's about 1mm gap between them. And I might make some small changes to the overall look too...

And if that stock L-piece doesn't work with that setup, I should be able to draw and print a right-handed version of that too.

 

[JKRacing37]

That would be no trouble at all! It takes just a few clicks with the mouse and you have your mount on the other side, no problem.

I just still need to work on the mounts a little bit, because I'd like it to sit good and flat on the axle housing, and now there's about 1mm gap between them. And I might make some small changes to the overall look too...

And if that stock L-piece doesn't work with that setup, I should be able to draw and print a right-handed version of that too.

I'm very interested if you get it to your liking to sell. Even if it's a one off custom piece I'll pay whatever it takes to make it worth your while.

 

[DiggerXX]

And here comes the pics of the front sway bar system!

There are these two holes next to the steering servo, so I decided to design the front sway bar mount so it could be installed with two screws utilizing those holes.

And this is with the mount pushed in place, but there are no screws yet as you can see. Also, unlike the rear sway bar, this goes through the chassis, and you can see where if you look closely where the bar mounting holes are positioned.

Here's the truck back on it's wheels, and the sway bar and arm bolted on. The front one uses 8mm spacers between the mount and the arm.

With the body on it looks like this.

So that's it, and now we get to the planetaries! These might be a bit on the small side scalewise, but I didn't want to hide those molded nuts on the wheel, so I made the hub as big as I could. And these are designed for the MJ wheels with smaller offset. I don't remember which one it is, front or rear wheel... The hubs are just a really TIGHT fit on the wheel nut, so it takes some pushing to install them, so they have to be removed carefully with a pair of pliers when you need to get the wheels off.

I tried to paint some of the bolt heads, but it looks a bit messy being so small part to try and paint!:rolleyes

And overall look on the truck showing both sway bars and planetaries. You might think that the front sway bar arm is too far away from the axle, and it really is scalewise, but keep in mind that my trucks wheel base is 12", so with shorter wheel base it will look better. I also could make the arm a bit longer, but that would look just crap, so I'm gonna stick with that setup. I don't plan to offer the sway bar links with the kit, when I put them up for sale, because all of you have different wheel bases and ride height and shock setups etc, so those you need to make yourself.

Just this one more pic showing everything without the body.

Any update with the sway bars? Definitely wanting/needing some on my truck!