khyzersoze 268 Posted August 5, 2018 Always liked the SMT10 looks. Just never got around to picking it up... until now. Decided to pick up 2. Max-D for me, and Grave Digger for my son. Ran it box stock and it was..... slooooow... but I already knew that. Time to build them up! As an eBay Partner, I may be compensated if you make a purchase from the links below. Specs: Axial SMT10 Grave Digger: Parts: Axial RR10 Bomber Rear Sway bar AX31331 (for use in SMT10 front axle) GDS Racing 107-145mm Steel Drive Shafts SSD RC Steel Transmission Gears for SCX10/Wraith/SMT10 STRC CNC Machines Aluminum Reinforcement Lower Link Plate (Green) Axial Heavy Duty Locker (AX30500) Aluminum Transmission Case Aluminum Upper Chassis Links SSD RC Titanium Steering Links Xtra Speed Stainless Steel Axle Tubes Xtra Speed HD Steel Spur Gear 56T/15T Boom Racing Axial Wraith HD Steel Rear Axle Shafts For AR60 Axle Boom Racing Axial Yeti Heavy Duty Bevel Helical Gear Set - 38T/13T JConcepts Tribute Wheels 2.6x3.6 (White) JConcepts Firestorm Tires (Blue Compound) Boom Racing 25T Aluminum Servo Horn Electronics: Hobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 Brushless unsensored ESC HobbyStar 4-Pole 3500kv Brushless Waterproof Motor DS3218MG 20kg Servo Axial SMT10 Max-D: Parts: Axial RR10 Bomber Rear Sway bar AX31331 (for use in SMT10 front axle) MIP X-Duty C-Drive Steel Drive Shafts for Axial SMT10 (MIP18190) SSD RC Steel Transmission Gears for SCX10/Wraith/SMT10 Axial Lower Link Plates for Bomber/Yeti/SMT10 (AX31245) Axial Heavy Duty Locker (AX30500) Aluminum Transmission Case SSD RC Titanium Upper Links SSD RC Titanium Steering Links Xtra Speed Stainless Steel Axle Tubes Xtra Speed HD Steel Spur Gear 56T/15T Boom Racing Axial Wraith HD Steel Rear Axle Shafts For AR60 Axle Boom Racing Axial Yeti Heavy Duty Bevel Helical Gear Set - 38T/13T JConcepts Tribute Wheels 2.6x3.6 (Silver) JConcepts Firestorm Tires (Blue Compound) SSD RC HD D60 Knuckles Vanquish Products Aluminum Wraith/Yeti Clamping Lockout Vanquish Products AR60 Axle Servo Mount Boom Racing 25T Aluminum Servo Horn Electronics: Hobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 Brushless unsensored ESC HobbyStar 4-Pole 3500kv Brushless Waterproof Motor DS3218MG 20kg Servo 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 5, 2018 Grave Digger Upgrade Part 1: Transmission Gears, Transmission housing, Spur Gear, and Motor Aluminum Transmission CaseSSD RC Steel Transmission Gears for SCX10/Wraith/SMT10Xtra Speed HD Steel Spur Gear 56T/15THobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 Brushless unsensored ESCHobbyStar 4-Pole 3500kv Brushless Waterproof Motor Finally got to kick off the upgrade build. The Grave Digger will be getting the upgrade treatment first, as it's my son's. First thing that needs to be taken care of are the transmission gears and housing. SSD HD Gears going in... New SSD HD Gears in aluminum transmission housing All put together Xtra Speed 56T Steel Spur gear going in Xtra Speed on left, Axial on right Hobbystar 4-pole 3500kv waterproof brushless going in. All meshed up (The stock 11T Pinion is pictured. I actually ended up swapping out to the 15T pinion that came with the Xtra Speed 56T spur gear) Powerplant/powertrain all mounted up Using a Hobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 Brushless Esc 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 5, 2018 Grave Digger Upgrade Part 2: Axles & Drive Shaft Time to upgrade and strengthen those axles for monster truck status. GDS Racing 107-145mm Steel Drive ShaftsAxial Heavy Duty Locker (AX30500)Xtra Speed Stainless Steel Axle TubesBoom Racing Axial Wraith HD Steel Rear Axle Shafts For AR60 AxleBoom Racing Axial Yeti Heavy Duty Bevel Helical Gear Set - 38T/13T Boom Racing HD Diff Gear. Kept it at stock ratio. For now, only going in the rear axle. Started with the rear axle first. Old diff setup coming out (on right), new one going in (on left). Put the Axial locker into the diff housing. This is only for the rear axle Another look at old(left) vs new(right) All greased up and put back into the axle housing. Time for the axle tubes With the axle tubes... you'd need modifications to your stock rear axle shaft in order to get them to fit through the tubes. These Boom Racing HD Axle shaft required no modification whatsoever. Goes in perfectly. Some how I missed taking a picture of the axle tube inside the axles for the rear, but here it is all put back together. Time to get started on the front axles. Front axle shafts require no modification to fit through the axle tubes. Getting that axle tube in. It's a tight fit, and on top of that not all AR60's are exactly the same. These tubes fit easily on the short side for the most part. On the long side, I had to bust out the hammer to get them in there. I had an easier time with the front axle accepting the tube on the long side than the rear. Here is the axle tube inside the housing Putting on the lower half of the GDS Racing drive shafts. Axles all done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 5, 2018 Grave Digger Upgrade Part 3: Suspension & Steering Time to finish up the bulk of the remaining upgrades. Mostly suspension and steering related. Axial RR10 Bomber Rear Sway bar AX31331 (for use in SMT10 front axle)STRC CNC Machines Aluminum Reinforcement Lower Link Plate (Green)Aluminum Upper Chassis LinksSSD RC Titanium Steering LinksDS3218MG 20kg ServoBoom Racing 25T Aluminum Servo Horn Got these generic "RCAWD" aluminum upper links from eBay Old noodle links vs new aluminum links Rear upper links installed STRC link plates to strengthen the lower links. Had an issue where one of their screws just wasn't long enough.. happens to be the only one that is a cap head and not countersunk screw. Luckily I had some longer ones from my Yeti's stainless steel screw upgrade exercise. Upper links and Link plates all added... Front sway bar added DS3218 20kg Servo mounted up SSD RC steering links going on... Using my favorite Boom Racing low profile servo horn. SSD steering links all mounted up 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 5, 2018 Grave Digger Upgrade Part 4: Wheels & Tires The JConcepts Tribute wheels and Firestorm tires were the finishing touch. It looks great, and it runs great. JConcepts Tribute Wheels 2.6x3.6 (White)JConcepts Firestorm Tires (Blue Compound) Completed Upgraded look. I used the longest offset adapter on the JConcepts Tributes 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted August 8, 2018 Two trucks I have been curious about, but never got around to looking into. Very nice. Also, I recently started using that same servo (2 of them) and really like them so far. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 10, 2018 Max-D Upgrade Part 1: Transmission Gears, Transmission housing, Spur Gear, and Motor Aluminum Transmission CaseSSD RC Steel Transmission Gears for SCX10/Wraith/SMT10Xtra Speed HD Steel Spur Gear 56T/15THobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 Brushless unsensored ESCHobbyStar 4-Pole 3500kv Brushless Waterproof Motor Starting the Max-D upgrade. Very similar to the Grave Digger with a few different parts. First thing that needs to be taken care of are the transmission gears and housing. This was a surprise... I've run this truck 2x.. 2! All on stock 27t brushed motor driving around the driveway. You think bringing this up to Axial will achieve anything? SSD HD Gears going in... Aluminum Transmission Housing New SSD HD Gears in aluminum transmission housing (wiped away excess grease after taking picture) Xtra Speed 56T Steel Spur gear going in Xtra Speed Spur mounted on All meshed up Using a Hobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 Brushless Esc HobbyStar 3500kv 4-pole Waterproof Brushless Motor Powerplant/powertrain all mounted up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 13, 2018 Max-D Upgrade Part 2 - Axles Onward to part 2 of the Max-D upgrade.... got the following going in. MIP X-Duty C-Drive Steel Drive Shafts for Axial SMT10 (MIP18190)Axial Heavy Duty Locker (AX30500)Xtra Speed Stainless Steel Axle TubesBoom Racing Axial Wraith HD Steel Rear Axle Shafts For AR60 AxleBoom Racing Axial Yeti Heavy Duty Bevel Helical Gear Set - 38T/13TSSD RC HD D60 KnucklesVanquish Products Aluminum Wraith/Yeti Clamping Lockout Took out the stock rear diff gear setup. Put that Axial Locker in Boom Racing HD Helical Gear Set put in Time for the Xtra Speed Axle Tubes Axle tubes are in Boom Racing HD Axle shaft for tubes Vanquish AR60 Rear lockouts Rear axle is done Starting the front axle Xtra Speed Axle tubes going into the front axle The tubes are all in SSD HD60 Knuckles Knuckles are on MIP X-Duty C-Drive kit for SMT10 Lower half of the MIP Shafts put on the axles. Part 2 done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 13, 2018 Max-D Upgrade Part 3 - Suspension, Links, Servo Getting to the stability upgrades for the Max-D to handle the extra power and weight. Axial RR10 Bomber Rear Sway bar AX31331 (for use in SMT10 front axle)Axial Lower Link Plates for Bomber/Yeti/SMT10 (AX31245)SSD RC Titanium Upper LinksSSD RC Titanium Steering LinksVanquish Products AR60 Axle Servo Mount SSD Titanium Upper links SSD upper links and Yeti lower link plates installed Top half of the MIP shaft installed and connected in the rear Vanquish Servo mount went on Using Axial Bomber Rear Sway bar as a front sway bar on the SMT10 Front sway bar installed Suspension all mounted up DS3218 Servo mounted on. Hopefully it holds up. SSD Titanium Steering links Decided to use the stock servo horn instead of the Boom Racing aluminum one. Front axle MIP shaft connected and all mounted up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khyzersoze 268 Posted August 13, 2018 Max-D Upgrade Part 4 - Wheels and Tires Getting to the final part of the upgrades.... JConcepts Tribute Wheels 2.6x3.6 (Silver)JConcepts Firestorm Tires (Blue Compound) JConcepts Tribute Wheels and Firestorm Tires. Mounted and glued ahead of time. The final look [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url] 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites