Finally finished it and just got back from bashing it around to see if it will hold together lol. All new electrics now new high torque servo for steering. Just had to go for the redneck ingenuity, the servo was turning the wrong way and no possible way to mount it upside down to fix it so we now have dual steering arms one from servo horn to pivot horn then from there to steering arm. Complicated to work out the lengths but easier than trying to rewire a servo with 6 wires. I just mounted the pivot horn onto the link bar on the backside. Pic soon to follow...

Lay it on us...

Hey its redneck but it works and as a bonus i get more torque out of the servo because of the longer arm on the pivot

But we LIKE redneck! Especially when it works...
But a question- I'm assuming you put full radio kit into 'er- does your transmitter not have a serve reverse switch on it? Most do.
'Nuther Q: did you install an electronic speed control or one of the manual units?

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well with a no cost mindset I just salvaged the radio gear out of a 1/10th nikko car that had near hobbygrade electrics ie. interchangeable crystals for radio and pcb and a good servo. but the speed controll and reciever are on a pcb together the whole setup is about 2" x 2" but the esc has 2 huge alluminum heat sinks so no worries about overheating it.

Ahh, I see. That explains the non-reversing servo. Cool. Cheap is good, free is better. I decided early into this that if I wanted to spend a pile of bux, I'd go out and BUY a hobby R/C. I bought my Rockcrawler after it caught my attention in the store, found this site, and saw what I could do with it. Everything I've done to it so far has been junk I've had lying around with the exception of four washers I bought for less than a dollar. So at worst, I'll be buying a 5-dollar servo saver kit, and only because I refuse to pull one off another RC I have. To top it all, the community experience here has been great, bashing ideas off you guys and comparing notes. Homebrew engineering at it's finest!

PS- How's it running? As compared to stock electronics, of course...

Runs better than stock actually the new pcb is sending more power to the motors and the steering servo will push it sideways if its against a rock.

running it last night I tore a tire lol got it a little thin on the treadpatch. Easy fix though took the tire off the rim and patched it from the inside with a piece of rubber tire patch and glue. that and got the tires full of cactus thorns so its really interesting trying to handle it without getting stuck.

i might just put my esc on with the biggest servo i can find. Youve inspired me Charles!