1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

[ddmckee54]

My 5mm ball bearing order arrived, so I put both front wheels on the axle. Here's a shot that shows a comparison of the overall widths of the axles.


Well.... The rear axle is pretty close, and there's less than 1mm difference between my red axle and the silver Kong axle. But the front axle - not so much, the front axle didn't work exactly as planned. You know the old joke about cutting something off twice and it's still too short? Well, I printed the axle twice and IT'S still too short! Only this time I don't think that it's all my fault. I noticed that the display on my 8" caliper will periodically jump 5-10mm. All of the outside to outside measurements on the wheels are over 150mm, so I've got to use the 8" caliper. It's a Harbor Freight special, so we'll see how good the lifetime warrantee actually is.

Here's a shot that shows the size of the Lesu tires compared to the Bruder tires.


This will probably be the first conversion victim. This will be one of the simplest, as in addition to forward/reverse and left/right, it will only require the drum to turn.(And maybe lights?)

Don