Capo 1582-2 Tatra T815-7 8x8 and Cross MC8 Man Kat 1 8x8

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One of the front wheels was really wobbly. Found out why the screws were loose and one backed out all together

No grease anywhere

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Diff unlocked

Diff locked.

This diff scares me. For how heavy this truck is theres such a tiny bit of mesh where these planetary gears touch... I cant see this being very strong

This was fun to put back together. I had to grease the shift fork, but not so much that grease squeezed into the hole that needed to be thread locked. Then i had to hold the parts inside the tube lined up to the hole and try to thread the link mount into the fork, while being careful not to loose the bushing ...

A break down of a front half axle

And one reassembled, thread locked and scalified

I managed to tear a boot, thankfully there were extras included

One axle greased and ready to go, now only 3 more to go.....

Reassembled and scale hardware added... There are so many screws on this thing its crazy... I love it! Lol

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so theres 4-m3 tapped holes in the bottom of each axle case. Im not sure why they are there, other then maybe for adjusting the the ride height lower, or maybe skid plates...

I filled them with some screws to keep dirt out

I changed over to tamiya ceramic grease. I was worried about the sticky black grease not getting to the areas where the planetary's shafts etc. spin and not being lubed. The tamiya grease is alot lighter and flows a bit into all areas from what ive seen.

Another area where theres a big issue is in the front steering geometry. Everything works dandy with the steering until you add compression on the front axle. At which point the steering arms hit on the top of the axle. I played around with some offset rod ends I had laying around, and it seems they will suffice to remedy the problem. All i had was short ones, I have some longer ones ordered ill replace them when they come in. Too bad they're plastic.... I cant find any metal ones. This is the steering angle at full lock.

This is as far as it turns before it binds under full compression

Cracked open the 2 speed transfer case

Gave it a good dose of grease

When i cracked open the 3rd axle housing. I noticed one of the bearings had fallen out of it seat. Theres nothing to hold it in place.

Looking closely at it, the bearing is actually 2 bearings pressed together to make one. Kind of odd.

I shimmed it with some washers to keep it seated.

This is where it sits at now. Its proving to take quite alot of time to swap out the many many screws.

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Started swapping out the fender bolts, i may or may not keep the washers. Im undecided so far.

Im having a hard time deciding on paint color... Leaning towards nato green...
Im definitely open to suggestions...

The rear axles halves are pretty much identical for all 4. There are m3 holes on the sides that don't have the coil overs. I figured id fill them with some grub screws to keep the dirt out.


Fuel tank removed. I want to fab up some sort of skid plate for it so i dont end up tearing it off.

Changed the m2 screws that hold the front bumper on. I put longer ones in as this is a critical area as it holds the entire cab on!

Mounted up with new screws

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2-m2.5 screws fastening each cab hinge to the bumper. With only about 3 to 4 mm of thread actually holding the hinges on, i was concerned about them being strong enough. So i tapped them all the way through and used longer scale hardware.

This is what it looked like from the front prior to tapping

New screws bolting on the hinges

From the front

After scale hardware added to the grill

Started mocking up a fix for the front wheel scrub issue with the coil over


Offset link ends added. This stops them from hitting the axle under compression, i just wish i could find some metal ones.

Full lock and compression, and no binding! Tomorrow I'll replace the styrene with aluminum and make them look presentable.