This started after watching my 35 yr old son Play with and modify his Kraton over the past 6 years or so. Along side him 5+ years of doing similar to a Typhon as viewed here: Modified Typhon & here: More upgrades
So in these past years as my son purchased parts and pieces, some of it was not used for one reason or another, or swaped out for an upgrade. We had a used belly pan & shock towers, Diff cases & differentials F-R-C off the typhons due to those have LSD's now Good but loose on pivot pin A-arms etc, OEM 185 ESC and 2050 motor etc ... tho we're starting out with 2350 for 4S running.
So starting with a perfectly good Early Gen pan, The Diffs got serviced and outputs modified as in the Typhon build referenced above. The diff cases were the webbing reinforced newer versions.
Going to E-bay we found Brand New G5 or EXB take off parts lots ... All the plastics w/o A-arms, Full sets of drive shafts & axles, Steering rack assembly etc made for a HUGE contribution and a major $$$ savings from buying piece by piece what would be needed for completion.
Made up rear wing support struts, Placed PEEK bearings in all the A-arms tightening them up, PEEK bearings in the steering linkages too. Fabricated lots of smalls at hardware attachment points adding MUCH greater integrity threw out the build .. many can't be externally seen.
The inexpensive GPM shocks were NEW from my son, OK to get it going. Reworked the pivot bearings at each end, which should help them from egging out
*Note: some parts fitted when pictures taken did not remain or were further modified before final assembly
We're still waiting on some parts such as chassis braces, Front upper a-arm pins, wheels and some misc smalls ... but we're close, Thread will continue as we move along ...
PEEK inserts in A-arms .... There 1/4" long pressed into an oversize counter bore machined in on the Milling machine.
F & R Diff Gears and center, along with housings also received tight tolerance PEEK bearings.
Output cups all around got a stack of o-rings that fit just right keeping out the dirt !!! * 5+ rough years of the same in the typhon and Zero wear noted !!
So in these past years as my son purchased parts and pieces, some of it was not used for one reason or another, or swaped out for an upgrade. We had a used belly pan & shock towers, Diff cases & differentials F-R-C off the typhons due to those have LSD's now Good but loose on pivot pin A-arms etc, OEM 185 ESC and 2050 motor etc ... tho we're starting out with 2350 for 4S running.
So starting with a perfectly good Early Gen pan, The Diffs got serviced and outputs modified as in the Typhon build referenced above. The diff cases were the webbing reinforced newer versions.
Going to E-bay we found Brand New G5 or EXB take off parts lots ... All the plastics w/o A-arms, Full sets of drive shafts & axles, Steering rack assembly etc made for a HUGE contribution and a major $$$ savings from buying piece by piece what would be needed for completion.
Made up rear wing support struts, Placed PEEK bearings in all the A-arms tightening them up, PEEK bearings in the steering linkages too. Fabricated lots of smalls at hardware attachment points adding MUCH greater integrity threw out the build .. many can't be externally seen.
The inexpensive GPM shocks were NEW from my son, OK to get it going. Reworked the pivot bearings at each end, which should help them from egging out
*Note: some parts fitted when pictures taken did not remain or were further modified before final assembly
We're still waiting on some parts such as chassis braces, Front upper a-arm pins, wheels and some misc smalls ... but we're close, Thread will continue as we move along ...
PEEK inserts in A-arms .... There 1/4" long pressed into an oversize counter bore machined in on the Milling machine.
F & R Diff Gears and center, along with housings also received tight tolerance PEEK bearings.
Output cups all around got a stack of o-rings that fit just right keeping out the dirt !!! * 5+ rough years of the same in the typhon and Zero wear noted !!
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