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Success! A whole new dimension to the MT. Mad props to Diet for showing us the way. I snapped a few quick pics, it still needs a little cosmetic love, but I didn't even expect it to work in the first place. For the curious, I just cut the rear end off, replaced the drive shaft, fit it in a sleeve, put the bearings on, and put it all back together, then glued the sleeve to the chassis. I moved the PCB forward a little and glued the cover on. It even fits on the stock charger. The motor is temporarily hot glued in place as the next step is a gear make-over to drop it down to about 300:1.
This mod is really only for the truly insane. The whole truck has to be taken apart and put back together again while attempting to line up the drive shaft, bearings, steering, axles, not to mention somehow hold onto the thing while it flops around in two halves.
Also, the twisting action of the tail end causes stress on the motor wires, which will eventually break off and require re-soldering, but of course, only after you've glued it all back together again. Getting to those tabs after it's together is tough. Might want to extend your motor wires to a different location so that they are more accessible when they snap off.
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