Notorious My Notorious first (re)build thread

[L3phturn]

Well I ought to start this. I got everything torn down and the diffs serviced. Diffs back in and I’m building it back up. I will document my process.

Dry fitting the metal servo mount and testing the cheap but insane fan I wired up. I just cut the ESC power wire and spliced it all together. I soldered just a bit and heat shrinked the joins. Even on 6v it moves a ton of air. Not the final mount of course, just using it to examine mounting options motor wire routes.

The KS-3518 servo I put in is a bit taller. Cheap Banggood mount. It had spacers for under the posts but they were not quite thick enough. I used M4 nuts instead, worked great. Refit it for wire routing.

That’s it for now. Put on the shock covers I bought from EBay. They are really simple so my girlfriend will make
Me some for my son’s Kraton EXB.

I already did almost all of the bearings with sealed ones. Need to do the input gears front and rear yet. I will dremel off the switch mount on the side guard too as I turned the ESC sideways and dremeled the ridge off of the mount plate for more clearance and better wire routing.

 

[K-BASH]

Tried these an love um.next time ill heat-shrink ends for cleaner look.ive screwed wires up on 2 savox servos an a esc.these are heat resistant,many sizes an colors.

 

[L3phturn]

I got a tub of Red N Tacky and greased the ring and pinion gears.

For the RPM rear skid and bumper/skid stacked - should I try it like this, build some sort of an angled piece between the two? Run it like this?

I put 16 mm screws in it to handle the extra depth.

 

[L3phturn]

Up and running... for a few minutes. I suspect the grub screw in the pinion was not tightened on the flat part or not cured properly.

Here it is ready to roll and next to my son’s new Kraton EXB.

 

[L3phturn]

Ok updates. About to go snow bashing! Put the cover on, it’s -1 c so heat not an issue. Going with a 4S 7,000 mAh for now. Charging batteries for the boy’s Kraton EXB too. Snow ramp time!

I made some
Mud guards for mine.

 

[Notorious J]

I got a tub of Red N Tacky and greased the ring and pinion gears.

For the RPM rear skid and bumper/skid stacked - should I try it like this, build some sort of an angled piece between the two? Run it like this?

I put 16 mm screws in it to handle the extra depth.

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About this stack. Not sure this a good idea in the rear. That's a lot of open flat area to grab onto stuff. I know it's close to the screws, but that bumper skid needs to be sloped do its on a similar angle to the smaller skid. Probably nothing really, just my opinion at first glance.

 

[L3phturn]

About this stack. Not sure this a good idea in the rear. That's a lot of open flat area to grab onto stuff. I know it's close to the screws, but that bumper skid needs to be sloped do its on a similar angle to the smaller skid. Probably nothing really, just my opinion at first glance.

Snow bashing right now so less concerned, but I have been thinking about how to deal with it. I figure I’ll dremel grind it into a smooth angle.

 

[L3phturn]

It begins, EXB sled transport, GO!

 

[K-BASH]

Here's from today,mud guards doing there job.shock shafts would collected alot of debris

 

[L3phturn]

I got shock socks for mine, helps keep them from getting dinged up and rusty.

My homemade guards did a great job keepin snow out of it.

 

[L3phturn]

Time for my next rebuild. New body is coming along. Anyone have a line on the roll bars? I can’t find any in Canada.

 

[K-BASH]

Almost cheapest to buy a another body from Jenny,45ish $$$...buy the time you buy the roll bar an body pins separately it'll end up costing you about 30-40$ just for the parts to go on the body...

 

[L3phturn]

Almost cheapest to buy a another body from Jenny,45ish $$$...buy the time you buy the roll bar an body pins separately it'll end up costing you about 30-40$ just for the parts to go on the body...

Plus I can actually get a body from Jennys where as the roll bar parts... nope.

 

[Velodromed]

Dang! You’ll be able to see the thing a mile off! Love it

 

[Crunchy Gears]

How's the killer bee coming?