Lunchbox Third Shock Mod On Grasshopper Ii

[TAZ-NZ]

I picked up a Grasshopper II the other week on Ebay, that I Restore/Mod. The picture below is as it appeared on ebay, I've since dissambled it and strip the plan evil paint job.

And now it looks like this, it's got a ways to go before it will be back under it's own power, I'm still waiting on a number of parts to come.

It's going to be a runner/basher so I'm upgrading what I can. One thing I really wanted to get rid of was the back axel clack, that you get with the lunchbox transmission/live axel setup. But there's no room of the Grasshopper II chassis to fit the thrid shock in front of the transmission like on the Lunchbox, so I had to think outside the box, and this is what I came up with. (made for a couple of servo horns, some TLT axel mounts and few rod ends.)

Still need to mod the Transmission housing to allow for the push rod, but it's basically done.

I'm going to be running a Hitec ESC, so there is no need for the MSC and Throttle Servo mount, so there plenty of room to mount the thrid shock.

The Reciver will be tucked down the side of the battery compartment where the throttle servo would normally be, the ESC will be mounted on a small aluminum shelf where the resister pack would normall go, just above the Cam.

[TIMIYA]

That's a beautifull little mod.

Well done.

Tim

[skip665]

That is fantastic! Good work!

[Stonemole]

Cool idea , i have a Hopper and a hornet i got of ebay the other week so i might do something similar.

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

Now thats very cool!!!

The 3rd shock mod is one of the best things you can do to a lunchbox/pumpkin chassis - its great to see it being used is such an original way!

[terry.sc]

Nice job there, you might need stronger ball joints, but it's very well designed and should do the job perfectly.

[TAZ-NZ]

Thanks for all the positive comments everyone.

Nice job there, you might need stronger ball joints, but it's very well designed and should do the job perfectly.

I'm a little worried about the ball joints myself, they're from a Blackfoot heavy duty steering kit, it's very much a case of I used what I had laying around. My saving grace will probably that the two rod ends that make up the push-rod are alway in compression, so little force will be acting on the thin loop part.

[mongoose1983]

Genius!