Bruiser Scaler

[Blazerbogger]

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with these, I bought them from an RCC member a while ago. I almost bought another Hilux body, but someone beat me to it. I'm looking at BigBird's 4Runner ABS bodies or RC4WD's Pathfinder.

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I narrowed the axles tonight and they turned out very nice. I made them a little better than my Bruiser's.



I started with the knuckles by trimming the bearing support down to allow an external bearing to be used and the pin drive hole present.

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Here's the assembled knuckle with bearing sleeve to hold the stub axle tightly.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913428.jpg


I then glued it together for added structural integrity.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913433.jpg


I then addressed the knuckle slop by using heat shrink tubing to fill the gaps. Acts like a rubber bushing.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913434.jpg


Front axle finished.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913435.jpg

[Blazerbogger]

Time to start on the rear. These are nice axles, they're fully ball raced.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913440.jpg


First, I chopped off the outer bolt holes in order to recess the pin holes. (I didn't realize until I was finished that I didn't need to take that much off. I was for the most part copying my previous method that required I use 5mm spacers.) Oh well, no harm done, I can always use a sleeve to cover it up.

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Then, I cut the axle collar to fit. You'll be using the bearing support piece.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913455.jpg


Here's the narrowed axle case with the stock axle.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913467.jpg


I then hand-marked the point to drill the hole for the pins. I don't recommend using this method, I suggest you use a measuring tool.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913473.jpg


Holes were drilled with a drill press.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913480.jpg


Other than cutting the rear axle to length and threading it. These are the finished products.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913417.jpg

[McFig]

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2371/13081080/23424360/390913451.jpg

SACRILEGE! jk

keep us posted.

[Wyoming]

Nice project so far, I've never cared for those old Bruiser axles being different widths but when you fix them they look very scale, nice work!

[brunion]

Looking good, cant wait to see more.

[Blazerbogger]

On the hunt for a Bruiser chassis. Will pay good money, especially if it has shackles and hangars!


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[Wyoming]

Looks great so far, there is almost always a bruiser chassis on ebay fairly cheap. Or the RC4wd bruiser chassis is very nice, I have one of those on a flatbed Hilux project and like it.

[Blazerbogger]

Well I guess I left you guys hanging on this. I finished it up and now it's my favorite Toyota.


After mounting the tranny and axles, I had to make a custom front axle shaft since the original stock one is so short.

First, I started by drilling through the pressed metal. Inside is a slot the rides on a pin, allowing the u-joint to travel with suspension compression.

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Exploded view.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289625.jpg


To get it shorter, I trimmed the shaft down and drilled a new hole for the pin.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289627.jpg


Made sure it fit correctly and had the correct travel.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289628.jpg


I then pressed the retaining sleeve back into the groove on the u-joint.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289629.jpg


Stock High-lift on top - modified High-lift on the bottom.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289630.jpg

[Blazerbogger]

After that, I got the truck running. I soon found out that the tranny was slipping. Like all my others, the slipper clutch fails. So I ordered a new aluminum one. I wasn't even paying attention, but before I installed the new spur, the tranny would only slip in 1st gear. It turns out that the stock spur was fine, it was a cracked gear in the tranny. Luckily, I was able to source about the only spare gear shaft on the planet. Saved me from buying a whole new transmission.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289631.jpg

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And here she is!

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL696/13191324/23560071/393289634.jpg

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[McFig]

Sweet looking truck

[Wyoming]

Indeed looks great, very scale.

[Budhatrain]

great paint scheme