Crawler Canyon Quick(re)view: SSD Diamond Axle housings for AR44

[@HBFTimmahh]

Love my SSDs. Killer Axles.

[@KutterNixon]

I'm proud to say that I'm now a supporting member of the canyon, love the videos and love what you do!

[@nicholasstephey8475]

Welcome to the canyon family

[@Team_ReVolt]

@@nicholasstephey8475 Welcome sir, you won't regret it!

[@fejwe]

One of us! One of us!

[@TrokaRC]

Met someone crawling at red rocks, he asked if I watched your content? I said "welcome back everybody! Welcome back" #Canyonero gang.

[@fejwe]

I switched to SSD DIamond Pros on my Gatekeeper after an encounter with "$60 rock," a rock that broke 3 axle housings in 3 sequential trail runs. I really like the quality, I have total confidence whenever I hit that rock that I'll either get over it or at least drive away in disgrace with a working truck. Nothing makes my allergies angrier than a rainy day, especially with leaves on the ground. Wet leaves is a recipe for sinus pain and dizziness. Hope it gets better!

[@HVT03]

First video I saw on your channel, was a YT recomendation of Toothless half-way into its build (i want to remember it was a cantilever video, and I got curious), so Toothless has a special place in the Canyon from my point of view. Since then, I just learned more and more, and had a lot of fun. Thanks Mr Canyon!!

[@guest6423]

Nice to see some SSD love. They make great stuff, but are rarely in the news, so thanks. Their complete rear axle can be found all day for $70 US. A bargain. The front, though, isn't offered as a complete, or with any bundled parts. You have to buy everything separately, and you'll spend $150+ to get there. $220 for a set of axles isn't bad, but I wish they would find a way to get the costs of the front axle down, while still maintaining a little profit. I really think that they could sell a lot more axles.

[@vb9300]

Well, as a newbie with rc crawling, I think you do quite well on your videos, most of the lingo to me sounds french, I have alot to learn. I do like the fact you dont push big company products on us like most channels. I do apologize for not knowing your trucks' names yet. Love the content, especially the tire tests. Keep it up buddy.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

I feel like I've said it in a video before-- I have this... problem? issue? where I just talk about rigs as if everyone watching is intimately familiar with every single one. So that's something I try to work on. Or at least feel like I'm trying to work on. Also, I'd never push anything I wouldn't spend my own money on, and most of the stuff in this hobby is grossly overpriced. Watching nearly everything in the hobby get 25% more expensive in two years isn't great. Especially when most of the "name brand" stuff was too expensive to begin with.

[@vb9300]

@@CrawlerCanyon perhaps an introduction of your rigs in the future?

[@Offalotcr]

I had the same problem with the amazon C-hubs. I went to a comp and one strip stripped the splines on the axle end my day of Pscale was over luckily I had my Pro to run still. I looked for SSD axles found them not available ended up paying way to much for Beeftubes had to beat the C-hubs on with a mallet and of course I got one on wrong 🤦🏻‍♂️had to beat it back off to get right. I really like your channel I have it on while I’m working currently testing temperature controllers for the under belly of a C130. Keep up the good work I would have a blast spending the day playing with tiny trucks with you👍

[@Andrew_Red]

Toothless looks sooo good black on black😍. And I love the workbench ramblings😁

[@chrispearce9224]

Susan...nice to see ya. 31 RPM's today. Humidity providing a bit of resistance.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Well now I feel like there's a challenge in the air.

[@chrispearce9224]

@@CrawlerCanyon last week I feel she approached 40-ish. Those first 10-15 is REALLY hard to count.

[@derrickhays3627]

Love Toothless he is just a goer, gotta luv a laid back wrenching crawling session, sorry bout the allergies but I envy you today. As always thanks.

[@rcjeepguy3560]

I fit a H.W. Pro in a unmodified 10- II Honcho. Pain in the butt to change that 1 link ,but it fit. Just saying.. Love the show! One of my favs.

[@Andy_Yates]

I feel so seen as I sit here in my whiskey club shirt and my wife sneezes in the other room 😂. Thankfully the drinking part is not an issue, it's never more than having a drink once or twice a week. Similar to RC, trying stuff and exploration is part of the fun

[@EddieDesigned]

Thought you might like to know, the review of the Yantrs 50kg low profile servo has gone live on the WTF RCcars channel. Seriously impressive servo!

[@jddunkin2273]

Love the content and learn a lot from your builds. I'm trying to figure out how you do the battery on servo mount. I could of sworn you did a video that should how you did it but not sure. Any pointers you can give on this? Thanks in advance. Keep up the great work.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

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[@jacobdavis2378]

I have the pro44 on my parts bin truck and I love them

[@fromfin90]

i have SSd's in my IFS gatekeeper rear, and diff box in front, mostly to allow bigge bearings.

[@justinosterman2436]

I LOVE THESE AXLES BULLET PROOF!! had on my tf2 for 2 years no problems.....

[@FaithSaraG]

I feel you on the trig. I wanted to be a ME, but I can't math near good enough.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

I knew dudes that became engineers and proceeded to never use math again. Trig was the riddle of the Sphinx between me and geology, I guess.

[@Doug_Morgan]

I have allergies and get rhinitis, it usually hits me the hardest shortly after getting up in the morning. After violently trying to blow my head off several times I am usually good the rest of the day.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Sneezing myself awake is one of my newfound pastimes.

[@rodagoose]

Based on the muscle memory comment..., you should try traditional archery!!! It's great fun and very rewarding. Anyways, thanks for the very excellent videos.

[@TyJoe_N_MattyMoe]

I love your long winded content. The best time I had with a bike was riding a $150 Walmart 29er in the mountains of Colorado/Utah and watching the Specialized guys not believe I actually made it down Snowmass and Telluride alive.

[@meirdeaph]

❤🎉

[@billtruett8593]

Man it poured last night !!!😅

[@lowcash]

Love the video, Def fun to watch and learn. What grease do you use/recommend for axles and transmission?

[@CrawlerCanyon]

My favorite (for now) is StaLube CV Joint Grease. It's petroleum based so it's a little stinkier than lithium-based, but it's loaded with moly and seems to "sling" off the gears less. Any autoparts store should have it.

[@1aview]

Like to see a better view of how you go about mouning the battery on top of a servo.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

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[@neildaniels5443]

Rain can loosen stuff like tree pollen n make it airborne, so I've been told.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Somebody needs to tell these trees to calm down.

[@Detour_RC]

I got to say im becoming more and more an avid viewer of your channel. I've even caught my wife listening in cause she'll laugh out loud at some of your comments. I do have a question. I have been searching for a good set of hex bits with a quarter inch drive for my drill. All the ones i have tried a thus far have been crap. Could you possibly point me in the direction of a decent set? Thanks so much for the videos keep up the amazing work.

[@CrawlerCanyon]

amzn.to/48xDC7N. If you get yourself a handle, you can use them in the drill and as hand drivers. I have an ancient Ofna handle I use for just that purpose.

[@Detour_RC]

@@CrawlerCanyon Thanks so much man. Just added a set to my cart.

[@antmill7405]

You just did a video the other day on the MEUS axles, just watching this on the ar44. Which in your opinion is a better axle for the$ ?

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Apples and pears, kinda. The MEUS are portal only, and semi-clones of the F10-- which is good. The SSD Pro are "hop ups" for AR44s, which can be filled entirely with Amazon parts-- which is also nice. They're both (fairly) economical options, and there's nothing wrong with that. I have two sets of each, so no one is "winning" yet.

[@brianconville4058]

Where did you get the servo mount and links I’m having trouble with clearance on my front axle, thanks!

[@CrawlerCanyon]

I'm just using an Injora SOA bracket (the kind that attaches from the back to the bolts that hold on the diff cover) but I did have to widen the upper holes out slightly to get them to better line up with the hole in the SSD housing. amzn.to/478SDNW It's pretty straightforward. The links are the economy RCLions high-clearance links from Amazon amzn.to/4e7eDeb

[@brianmorrison2846]

Sorry guys I have been busy and haven’t commented 😅

[@thindigital]

No Christmas sweater? 😢

[@CrawlerCanyon]

I honestly only started wearing sweatshirts in the last 5 years or so. Getting old, getting cold, I guess. I have a fairly vast collection of jackets that I almost never wear. But I don't think I've worn a sweater since the 1980s.

[@thindigital]

@@CrawlerCanyon I don't think I could do socal, I enjoy hoodie weather too much, having said that it's miserable crawling weather right now up here, printing micro crawler bodies instead. Thanks for another year of quality Canyon crawling! Happy holidays to you and your family and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

[@RCplamodel]

😮😅😊

[@jerodbosh7630]

53 degrees...... I freakin wish!!!!! Idahos a cold mofo

[@allthethings7226]

I watch parts of your videos. Good content, a little wordy I watch at x2. I sometimes wonder what the point of the video is. Like this one you have diamond in the title but, at 7min no mention of axles or plan for video. Too much of a good thing make it bad.

[@Team_ReVolt]

40:32 😁🙉🙈🙊

[@EddieDesigned]

Trigger gnometry should be reserved for little terracotta people with guns... ;)

[@johngookinsable]

maybe your allergic to the grease? maybe consider those gloves lol

[@CrawlerCanyon]

I haven't eaten nearly enough of that grease to develop an allergy! It's too spicy!