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OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/18/2007 11:28:25 PM   
s7jstep1



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Status: online 		i have noticed the wheely king becoming a popular new truck in the crawling world. there are many threads about questions about the WK. post pics, mods, questions and anything else about turning the WK into a crawler.

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/20/2007 5:37:00 AM   
s7jstep1



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Status: online 		i just ordered mine yesterday from tower how does it climb stock?

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/20/2007 7:07:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		stock it cannot climb very well at all but with just a few easy mods it climbs like you wouldn't believe. what you have to do is lock the diffs, flip the axles, switch the tires side to side so the tread is backwards and extend the links and drive shafts. It is very easy and strait forward. I just got mine and I've done all these mods except extend the wb but I'll be doing that this weekend. Good luck with yours.

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/20/2007 5:03:43 PM   
s7jstep1



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Status: online 		i also heard that if you remove some brace or something, you get a lot of articulation.

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/20/2007 6:09:13 PM   
wolfattak


 

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Status: offline 		yup there is a rod brace that holds the two lower rear liknks togeather...If you remove it you get pretty good articulation stock...I didn't metion that because if you extend the links the brace will have to come off anyway.

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/21/2007 1:57:29 AM   
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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/21/2007 2:41:35 AM   
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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/21/2007 6:25:43 AM   
s7jstep1



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Status: online 		this thing is pretty fun. even on stock batts

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/22/2007 5:39:31 PM   
_BEN_


 

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Status: offline 		I am thiking about picking one of theses up for crawling

I was lurking over at www.rccrawler.com and they have a section dedicated to these things. Lots of interesting custom parts and how to's.

How to make custom ladder bars(links) from arrow tubes.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62569

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/24/2007 7:46:46 PM   
wolfattak


 

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I just extended my wb, almost, but I need to know what to use to mount the "v" shaped upper links to the axle. Can someone help me out?

please and thanks

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/24/2007 8:18:34 PM   
The Real Dogman



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Status: online 		Wolf, some people are using Tamiya Stays but my rod ends require something bigger, so I used 1/2" aluminum u-channel you can get at your local hardware or home improvement center.



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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/24/2007 11:48:30 PM   
wolfattak


 

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Status: offline 		well I've extended the wb but I havent mounted the upper links to the axle and lhs doesnt have any suspention stays and all the websites I've been on are on backorder. I'm realy hoping I can get all of my parts togeather before vacation. Ill check the local hardware store see if they have any "u-channels." Also does anypone know where I can get a servo mount? I've been on the venders area of rccrawler but I dont like ordering Items via e-mail. some help? please and thanks.

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/24/2007 11:52:12 PM   
The Real Dogman



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Status: online 		ok wolf then make one, there are a couple templates on the other site.

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/25/2007 3:22:42 AM   
s7jstep1



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Status: online 		i want to use my wk for some ocasional crawling but mostly as a basher. it doesnt really crawl good stock. i am thinking of locking the diffs but would this hurt the performance of the truck on everything else but crawling? what if i just locked the front or rear? also is there a way to have a limited slip diff?

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RE: OFFICIAL WHEELY KING CRAWLER THREAD - 6/25/2007 3:32:02 AM