My stretch zzmt crawler

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:06 pm

I'am new to this forum and i made this stretch crawler which is not done yet.

THE MODS:
4th gear mod,
extended chassis,
extended drive shaft[now has 4wd]
lego tires[mud tires cracked on me

]
hydro style steering,
chopped body

MODS THAT ARE TO COME:
Li-po battery,
zzse servo mod,
iwaver pcb,
better mud tires,

Here it is tell me what you think,

I want to extend the truck bed to the end of the pcb cover, any suggestions?

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:09 pm

Lokks pretty cool. Have you considered something military-like for the body? Maybe find a suitable doner in a dollar store. With the war going there are all sorts of cheap plastic military toys for kids that mught be about the right size and light enough.

You could do something lke this:

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:23 am

Lokks pretty cool. Have you considered something military-like for the body? Maybe find a suitable doner in a dollar store. With the war going there are all sorts of cheap plastic military toys for kids that mught be about the right size and light enough.

thats a good idea military style i'll try that and post up if i can find a body to fit.

thanks man.

HottieHot · Post by **HottieHot** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:49 am

Or something:

http://www.lkw-infos.net/images/themeng ... 705-02.jpg

http://www.vermont-unimog.com/sitebuild ... 19x389.jpg

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:44 pm

Mog would be sick with a slightly shorter wheelbase.

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:55 pm

Does anybody know the best way to make an extended drive shaft the one i made is kinda crappy, it's two regular drive shafts held together with a coffee stir straw inside of a pen tube.

Smoke&Mirrors · Post by **Smoke&Mirrors** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:54 am

I used a carpenters nail and using a dremel, cut out a square on each sit and friction fit the gears on it. You can try that or at hobby shops, they have all sorts of different assorted sizes of metal and wood sticks (tube, square, etc).

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:25 pm

thank man thats a lot of help, the setup i have right now rubs too much and causes it to get stuck.

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:19 pm

I cut my d/s in half and use brass tubing to sleeve it. Stock d/s dia. is approx 1/8" ( .125"). The tubing I.D. I use is a hair small but I ream it with a drill bit to fit and epoxy it in when I like the w/b.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:46 pm

If the DS is .125 then you could get a steel rod at the hardware store for around a buck or two and cut it to lenght. Or you could go really trick and get aluminum...I seriously doubt that a zap could ever make enough torque to bend it

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:13 pm

Thanks for the help, guess im goin to da hardware store. The next thing that i want to do is a six wheel drive mod.

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:38 pm

UPDATE

iv shortened it a bit and took off that dumb pen tube and replaced it with an antenna tube, also i bought some hi-tech plugs for my battery and charger, and i did the 5th gear mod.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:13 pm

zipperzack wrote: Thanks for the help, guess im goin to da hardware store. The next thing that i want to do is a six wheel drive mod.

Looking good! About the six wheel mod...It would e cool but I wonder if anyone has ever done an eight wheel mod. You'd need a second steering box and front end stuff but it would be wicked. Anyway, probably a stupid idea... keep up the good work

Hey how long s it now? I'll keep my eyes peeled for light weight bodies in the aproximate size.

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:09 am

Hey how long s it now? I'll keep my eyes peeled for light weight bodies in the aproximate size.

it is about 4.5 inches long

zipperzack · Post by **zipperzack** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:41 am

i have an idea floating around

could this work?