Kraton SWB Kraton conversion

[HZRDOS]

Had my Kraton well over a year of some hard driving. But time after time, I seem to have more fun with my shorter wheelbase rigs (MT410, Sketer, Outcast, Typhon truggy), and the Kraton was due for a complete tear down and rebuild anyways. At least I have my diff building spot on....the three diffs that were in it have been going strong for about 8 months.

Found some minor issues during the build like bent hinge pin, some tie rod ends were stretched and warped, etc., so she will be like a new rig now. Had 3 diffs built as spares with aluminum cases and M2C drive cups, and a few other aluminum hinge pin holders that had not been installed yet, so they all went on. New front upper and lower arms also, old ones were getting a bit too much play in them.

So...is this just an Outcast now? Some may say so....but I say it is a SWB Kraton. Also put on some Backflip LPs.

 

[Engineer]

Looks nice! But I guess you aren’t hauling sheets of plywood in that bed anymore.

 

[Cereal_killer]

Looks great!

 

[HZRDOS]

Looks nice! But I guess you aren’t hauling sheets of plywood in that bed anymore.

As always, have to give you a shout out @Engineer for an awesome 29mm diff build method! Mine have been solid for many months on both my EXB rigs with no issues.

 

[HZRDOS]

First run yesterday was underwhelming. Was slow for some reason, and just something didn't seem right. Thought it was maybe the smaller tires with the same gearing I had in the kraton (20t pinion). So changed pinion to a 23t, and also think the mesh was a little tight. Also grabbed a 1/2 charged pack for the test run, but maybe it was less charge that I thought.

Either way charged a pack and tried out the new gearing. Wow...thing rips! Handles great, can ride a wheelie, but can take off pretty quick without wanting to flip. Will also do a standing backflip if you gun it. I like it. Really handles great and quick with the smaller tires and little less weight.