[cdog4w]

The long bar was cut to size from 2mm threaded rod. The reason for the bend is so that the two ball links atop one another don't hit and obstruct one another. I would have put a spacer in, but the longest 2mm screws I could find were the 12mm ones that came with the swivel ball link kits, which were not long enough to fit 2 links and 2 spacers and still have any threads left to screw into something.

If anyone knows of longer 2mm screws, hook me up!

Anyway, the total on parts for this was $5 at my LHS (i got a foot or so of that 2mm threaded rod for $0.35, so its dirt cheap).

I got to run it outside yesterday and it ran great. The 2WD that I had to switch to after burning out my 4WD motor is a dif story. No traction. I was donuting all over the asphalt, in OL tires no less. I took some video (crappy, hard to drive and film at same time) and I'll try to put it up sometime. The car runs a lot faster on 6 cells and 2WD. Plenty of nice traction rolls, tho it always rolled back onto its feet since the batt pack I have gives a nice low CG. Ah, now to continue work on the shaft mod and mount that 180 :P