coustom question

[xtremeracer0428]

hey guys..i want to build a coustom tube chassis for my clodbuster and i want to know what parts i need.....like what i need for the turnbuckles,what to use for the chassis itself, and some tools. thank you

[JT Racing Maxx]

are you jokeing? You dont know what tools you need, or how to make turnbuckles, turncuckles are easy to make.


How long you been into "hobby" rc cars? just wondering

But I'll hel you anyways,lol, I suggest sitting down with a piece of paper and drawing out a 1 dimention picture of the side of the chassis how you want it, use a ruler and just start adding "bars" where you want to put tube, and use large paper and draw it all to the exact size you want, then use the paper as a desk referance and cut brass tube or box tube, what ever you want, and cut the pieces the same as drwan and lightly tack them together with soder or weld them ,what ever you can do. Make sure on your chassis side(rollcage)plates you incorperate mounting point to connect side to side and after you have the sides connected with center sections, then you can make mounts for reciever and what not as needed.

for the turnbuckles you can get think wall alluminum tube, and tap out the insides ends, cut head off of screws, screw the threaded part of the screw into the rod end and do the same os aluminum tube, and for adjusting, you can grab it with pliers or vise grips, or drill a hole through it sideways and stick a rod in it to adjust them. Very simple.

hope this helps.

[xtremeracer0428]

where would i mount the shocks

[that_one_guy]

look at a gecko clod chassi and look off of that

[E-MaxxDestroyer]

When I built my Clod crawler, I simply bent a strip of some thin aluminum sheet around the link and drilled a hole where the ends met to mount the shock. You could also mount the shocks directly to the clod gearcases. JT covered the rest of it.

'Destroyer