Project Outlaw, Part III
Conducted by stppetty43

Hello to all readers, things have been going a little slow here in my neck of the hobby. Here in this segment I will cover lightning of the chassis, the motor mount and a simple hitch set up...
The chassis needs to as light a possible as you don’t want the bulk of your trucks weight to be in the chassis. There are many things you can do to help this out. You can mill out the bulk of material or you can use a hole saw to cut out the material. I used the hole saw method. First thing I did was choose a size of hole saw that would remove as much material as possible and not take away from the structural stiffness of the chassis. I then found the center of the square tube going horztaly and marked it so that I could easly see it then I measured the diameter of the hole saw I wanted to use after I dilled a hole in scrap piece of the chassis, as we want the finished diameter not the said one. After that I layed out the postion of where the horzontal lines would intersect the vertical, this was where the center of the hole saw would be make sure you lay everything out before you make any holes as you need to have room on both ends for strength and hitch mount on the rear. Mark and lay out all four side but keep in mind where the radio tray will go on the top as you need some where to attach it. Depending on how big of a motor pinion you use and the location of the spur drive shaft you may need to mill out the top of your chassis to allow the pinion and spur gear to mesh. For the mount I used a 2"x 1/8" piece of flat stock alum with two bold groves and the grove for the motor bearing housing. This will allow the motor to be adjusted up or down.
As for the hitch I used an eye bolt a "U" shaped piece of aluminum and a blinding nut. This one will be hard to explain, so I will get a pic as soon as I can but here goes the "U" shaped channel has a grove milled in the center about 1/4 inch from top to bottom whitch will allow the eye bolt to slide up and down. The eye bolt is attached to a piece of aluminum of the size that fits in side the "U" so that it slides up and down like a rail. The hitch mount also has a 1/2 20 bolt that locks everything in place when it is tightened. That way the hitch moves up and down but not side to side when loose but it does not move at all when the bolt is tight.
That’s all for this installment Till next time FULL PULL!!!!

Part two of four.