Kenworth 850 Off Highway

[ihbuilder]

come on , stop procrastinating and get them done I wanna see this thing running tomorrow the HPI assemblies are pretty simple to use . I made new shafts for the mack rears instead of using the cups that come with them . thats the simplest , but you loose some scale look going with the spit axle .the loader , I made pined shafts well , a bolt that you screw in through the cup into the shaft once the shaft /bearing assembly is slid into the axle case .

Oh great job on the hubs know what you mean on the holes

[RCP57]

The diff sets that I have don't have the cups on them. The axles(self made) slide into the spider gears. I'm not really to concerned with making that part of it work but the Clark diffs use a seperate gear train to offset the driveline from the pinion shaft and that's what I'm worried about. I don't have a good selection of gears for that and neither do the local hobby shops, not to mention that they want around $10 a piece for them and I don't know what I need for sure. At any rate I will figure it out, it will just take some time. I may have to buy a couple new drills and steal some gears... The drill drive that I will be using for power will put around 8000 ounce inches of torque to the axles in low gear so it has to be very strong!

Reg

[ihbuilder]

I see , I'm doing the exact with the truck rears I'm making for the 14th scale . I was trying to use the tamiya insides but not sure they will work . I have torn they're pot metal gears apart on my heavy haul tractor . You'll have to look beyond most local hobby shops for the right stuff . I found this place , http://www.qtcgears.com to get my id ring gear for my twins . they're close in price as the 1 Ari gave me a link to .

[sparkycuda]

A lot of drilling and indexing but looks great! Did you tap each hole or use non-threaded bolt heads or what? I have a similar situation with my Payhauler hubs that require wheel studs with clamps and nuts and am always looking for ideas on different ways to do things. Your craftsmanship is amazing!

Ken

[RCP57]

Thanks for the link Steve. I'll have to see what I can dig out of my "collection" but if I can't find anything useful I may order from them.

Thanks Ken, The holes are just drilled and the bolts pushed in. No threading! I know what you're saying with the wedges to hold the wheels on but I won't be doing that. I think my plan is to just bolt through the rim into the hub on these and just fake the wedges.