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<blockquote data-quote="Myke J" data-source="post: 1057376" data-attributes="member: 16702"><p>So I was sitting around watching the NCAA games and was kind of bored so I decided to take apart the diffs on my Axial. I cleaned them up and checked the lockers since I've heard about quite a few of them wearing out. Everything looked good so I greased it up and put it all back together. </p><p></p><p>Then I was looking at the body posts and really didn't like how they stuck out the sides. They were always getting hung up on things. I started thinking, "I inboarded my lower links so that they wouldn't get hung up on stuff, why not do the same thing with the body posts". I'd seen something like this done before on RCCRAWLER.COM and it turned out to be pretty easy with the Pro-Line Rockstar body that I'm using right now. I drilled holes down through the bars that the stock battery tray sit on and mounted the posts on them. I drilled a few extra body clip holes in the posts to get the body to sit as low as possible without hitting anything. It sits 1/4" farther back, 1/4" higher front, 3/8" higher rear then it did with the side mounts but this body is so light it's not going to make a noticable difference. At full stuff it's about 1/8" from hitting the servo and the tires don't rub at any point. The sides are nice and clean with nothing to hang up on. Now I wish I had of thought of this before I painted this body so there wasn't holes in the sides too.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Front posts top</strong></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0699.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Front posts bottom</strong></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0701.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Rear post top</strong></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0698.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Rear Posts bottom</strong></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0700.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Some pics of the posts without the body on</strong></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0702.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0703.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>How I mounted the posts</strong></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0706.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0708.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Myke J, post: 1057376, member: 16702"] So I was sitting around watching the NCAA games and was kind of bored so I decided to take apart the diffs on my Axial. I cleaned them up and checked the lockers since I've heard about quite a few of them wearing out. Everything looked good so I greased it up and put it all back together. Then I was looking at the body posts and really didn't like how they stuck out the sides. They were always getting hung up on things. I started thinking, "I inboarded my lower links so that they wouldn't get hung up on stuff, why not do the same thing with the body posts". I'd seen something like this done before on RCCRAWLER.COM and it turned out to be pretty easy with the Pro-Line Rockstar body that I'm using right now. I drilled holes down through the bars that the stock battery tray sit on and mounted the posts on them. I drilled a few extra body clip holes in the posts to get the body to sit as low as possible without hitting anything. It sits 1/4" farther back, 1/4" higher front, 3/8" higher rear then it did with the side mounts but this body is so light it's not going to make a noticable difference. At full stuff it's about 1/8" from hitting the servo and the tires don't rub at any point. The sides are nice and clean with nothing to hang up on. Now I wish I had of thought of this before I painted this body so there wasn't holes in the sides too. [B]Front posts top[/B] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0699.jpg[/IMG] [B]Front posts bottom[/B] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0701.jpg[/IMG] [B]Rear post top[/B] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0698.jpg[/IMG] [B]Rear Posts bottom[/B] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0700.jpg[/IMG] [B]Some pics of the posts without the body on[/B] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0702.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0703.jpg[/IMG] [B]How I mounted the posts[/B] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0706.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/myke52081/Crawler%20pics/DSCN0708.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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