Project Snowmo-Slash : Traxxas Slash with Skis and Paddles

Now let’s mount up the Skis or “Front Sled Attachment”. Just my luck, no instructions. Oh well… I should be able to figure this out right.. how hard can it be?

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Here are the Skis. They look like they are made of a durable plastic. If you break one, Integy sells them by themselves so you don’t have to but a whole new kit. Pretty handy.

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So I just started playing around to see if I could figure out fitment. The skis have these large bolts through them.

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They bolt thru this leg/upright. The uprights have a spring on them to prevent the ski from digging in. It applies pressure and if the truck is say, airborne, it will kick the front of the ski upwards so as to not dig it into the ground on landing.

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Close up of the spring.

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Now we take it back apart, because I found it MUCH easier to mount the leg/uprights to the truck without the skis attached.

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First we remove the old hex adapter.

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The ski kits come with this. It bolts to the ski and the steering knuckle. It prevents the ski from spinning around and around on the axle and adds rigidity.P1080518

We use 2 included countersinking screws to attach it to the upright.

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Now we remove the screw from the steering knuckle and attach the ski upright.

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Integy includes rubber shims. These go on the axle.

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The steering knuckle screw goes up through the black steering stop on the ski and into the knuckle and steering link as it was.

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This is how it looks all together. With this attached, the leg/upright of the ski does not rotate at all. This means the suspension will act like it should, and the ski will pivot using the spring mentioned earlier. I am impressed. Some thought went into this design.

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Both uprights installed.

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Now we attach both skis.

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Project complete with wheels mounted!

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Body on and ready to hit the powder.

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One Response to “Project Snowmo-Slash : Traxxas Slash with Skis and Paddles”

  1. Jim says:

    Oh yeah, let’s get a VXL in that bad boy….:-)

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