Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 21 Central Drive Shafts

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This is the Tamiya Rock Socker on Tamiya's answer to a crawler chassis. This awesome model comes as standard with a 540 size motor, a single speed centre gearbox, the ability to choose to have locked / unlocked front & rear axle differentials, front & rear barrel spring, with separate oil shock absorbers, metal chassis rails, four link front and rear chassis links, soft tires and detailed plastic bead lock wheels, the ability to choose to have the optional four wheel steering option, part ball bearing and part metal bearings and a highly detailed polycarbonate body.
If you would like to see the previous steps of the build, please visit:
1. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Chassis Unboxing
2. • Video - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Chassis Introduction
3. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Link Mounts
4. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 2 Attaching the Link Mounts
5. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 3 Mechanism Deck
6. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 4 Ladder Frame
7. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 5 Differential Gear
8. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 6 Drive Shaft
9. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 7 Axle Housing
10. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 8 Attaching Suspension Mount
11. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 9 Coil Spring Mount
12. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Steps 10 and 11 Attaching Front and Rear Uprights
13. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 12 Checking the RC Equipment
14. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 13 Steering Servo
15. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 14 Attaching the Steering Servo
16. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 15 Attaching Rear Steering Rear Tie Rods
17. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 16 Attaching the axle housings
18. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 17 Dampers
19. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 18 Filling the Dampers with Oil
20. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 19 Attaching the Coil Springs
21. • Tamiya Rock Socker CR-... - Tamiya Rock Socker CR-01 Step 20 Attaching the Dampers
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[@madmustangrc214]

Oh yeah I remember building shafts that this on older traxxas and a axail scorpion.

[@JF-RC]

Hi Kevin, thank you for watching, I appreciate you popping by and leaving me a comment. I hope that you are all keeping well, best wishes to you all 😉😊😉

[@RcNickster709]

Great work John. Always a pleasure to listen along as I work. :)

[@JF-RC]

Hi Nick, thank you for watching and leaving me a comment. Best wishes to you and the family 😊😉😎

[@SevenWelt]

Hello, Great video, was very interesting again!👍 Greetings Seven🖖

[@JF-RC]

Hey Seven, thank you for watching, I appreciate you popping by. Best wishes to you and the family 😉😎😊

[@SevenWelt]

@@JF-RC Hello, Thank you and greetings, I wish the same for you!🍀 Greetings Seven🖖

[@Fonzierc]

Always a nice clean tutorial John 👍

[@JF-RC]

Hi Fonzie, thank you for watching and leaving me a message. I hope that you’re keeping well. Best wishes my friend. 😎😉😎

[@sparetimerc]

Hey John, this reminds me of rebuilding the telescopic drive shaft for the Arrma 4s lune, really tough for me to get the back together wirh fat finger. You make it look so easy. Another great build video.

[@RCBirds]

The construction of the shafts's great. But if you can get your hands on metal ones, please change them. The originals don't forgive blocked wheels. Proofen by my grand daughter. Great video my friend.

[@JF-RC]

Hey there Dirk, thank yo7 for popping by and the great advice, yeah, seems to be the consensus from other great friends on KZbin too, the drive shafts seem to be a weak point. I’ll try and be careful. Best wishes my friend to you and the family 😉🖐️😉😎

[@RCBirds]

@@JF-RC Luckily in the Unimog kit there was a spare set. Hoping yours had that too. This might help on one or two incidents😉

[@theoagrc]

Those drive shafts are very similar to the cougar ones. Helps to heat those ones up a little which saves the fingers 😁

[@JF-RC]

Hey Craig, thank you for watching, I appreciate the tip. Best wishes to you and the family 😎😉😎

[@HaydadRC]

Nice work as always John! 👍😊 I’ve thankfully had pretty good luck with driveshafts like those.

[@JF-RC]

Hi Jeremy, thank you for watching and leaving me a comment. Maybe I might have some of your good luck, as others have stated that the drive shafts are a weak point. 😊😎😉Best wishes to you and the family 😊😉😎

[@AddamsPlayground]

Wrestling those pivot balls in there can be a fight sometimes! Other times they seem to pop right in.

[@JF-RC]

Hi Addam, thank you for watching and leaving me a comment. Yeah, sometimes your lucky, sometimes not, but I’ll take the good with the bad 😉😎😉Best wishes to you and the family 😊😉😎

[@AdventureTimeRC]

Hello John i broke mu shafts the first time out put metal ones in haven't had a problem since

[@JF-RC]

Hi Brent, thank you for popping by and the advice. I’ll keep a look out for the shafts, hopefully they won’t break, but if they do, of course, it’ll be an upgrade that will have to be performed 🖐️😎😉best wishes to you all 😎😉

[@UncleBobsRC]

John man, I have to say, I'm not a fan of plastic drive shafts.... There look great though... I agree with Madmustang, my old traxx-ass stampede I had used a type like that but ALWAYS broke... Lets hope these hold up. Great video and very well put!!!!

[@JF-RC]

Hi Bob, thank you for watching and leaving me a great comment. I’ve heeded the valuable advice from you, Kev and Brent too, I’m going to take it easy with it, but, if it does break the shafts, we’ll….thats RC’ing, I’ll have to prise open my wallet and buy some upgraded ones 🤦🏻‍♂️😂🤦🏻‍♂️best wishes to you and the family 😉😎🖐️

[@FastFreddyRC]

Wow! Now that’s surprising. Wasn’t expecting plastic driveshafts on this one. When I built the Bronco CC02 I was surprised with the plastic drive shafts as the CC01 was all metal. But maybe what surprises me more is these driveshafts look identical to those on the CC02! Do you know if they are the exact same shafts? They look about the same size.

[@JF-RC]

Hey Freddy, thank you for watching my friend. Yeah, lots of comments about these being plastic ones, only hope that they don’t break, as I’ll have to get the crowbar out to force my wallet open 😂🖐️😂. I believe that they are different sizes to the CC-02 ones. Best wishes to you and the family 😎😉