Thanks for the kudos, hope your build is going well.

Thanks 👍

I don't think they've been released for the rancher model yet. But you can get them with the bamboo. Hopefully they release them for the rancher soon.

My only issues with the gearbox were with the case... I printed all the gears on a Prusa I believe but the case was on an Ender 3 and it ended up being too small in the Z dimension and I had to pull it together tightly with the screws and even still there were gaps but it functioned. Once I got that figured out though I never had any issues with it. My only advice I guess would be to make sure that your printer is calibrated properly so the bearings fit nicely and then lube everything super well.

@@rcprinter thank you! That’s exactly my current problem, it seems to be with the case, it end up with about a 1-2mm gap that won’t close. How did you take care of it? I believe it’s on the Z axis

@@rcprinter I had problems printing it on my CR10 v3, trying it on my Voxelab Aquila V2 to see if it’s better

@@AlejandroAlcantara hehe I ended up always having a gap and where there wasn't a gap the plastic eventually cracked a bit but the gearbox never failed :) I really should have reprinted it but it was one of my first prints and I didn't know much better. Looking back now the gap was originally there because I had an issue with that printer for the longest time with one of the screws on the gantry loosening up that caused the print head to shift up or down slightly during the print causing the bottom few layers to be extra squished together. Here's a pic of my old gearbox when I finally retired it: tinyurl.com/2p9enept

@@AlejandroAlcantara That's a good idea... maybe also try printing a calibration cube www.thingiverse.com/thing:1278865 and see if you're getting 20mm in all dimensions

No word yet, sorry. Hopefully we'll hear something soon.

You might have to remove your servo arm, make sure your controller is on and your steering trim is centered, power up your esc to send power to your servo to center the servo gears, and then re-attach the arm in the centered location.

You might also check that your steering connecting rod isn't bending. Use a stiffer connecting rod if it is bending.

I had similar issues, in my case it was looseness in the servo saver, I solved it by adding a 1mm thick spacer under it.

They're going to release a new belt driven gearbox upgrade for the rancher eventually but right now you can only get it with the files for the new bamboo.

@@rcprinter well that sucks. I'd rather build it with the belt drive now rather than having to redo it later. I'm still printing it so maybe I'll do the gearbox last and who knows maybe they'll get back to me. I sent them an email through the website.

@@patrickm6000 yeah I totally get that. Hopefully its not too long until they offer the upgrade. Its definitely a worthwhile upgrade IMO.

@@rcprinter are the driveshafts from the bamboo fitting in the rancher? is that what you did? I am building the 4door rancher so I assume the shafts would be different. Hopefully they respond to my email

@@patrickm6000 I'm honestly not sure about the longer Rancher Wagon specifically but the longer of the two shafts from the bamboo (front) should work for the regular sized Rancher both front and rear. If you needed slightly longer joints for the wagon they'd be pretty simple to extend in TinkerCAD.

Just watching this now... pretty cool what some people are capable of. He's likely going to get much more life out of those metal parts than we will out of pla. I'm printing the Bamboo right now as well! ... I already have the axles fully complete since they didn't work out for my Rancher :)

Are you going locked or open diffs? I'm printing my Bamboo now...going to do locked rear & open front.

@@solidlift i did open front and locked rear

@@solidlift I'm going full open with this one. If I end up needing more traction I'll switch the rear but its always bugged me a little bit that my fully locked rancher doesn't turn well on pavement or indoors so I'm going fully the other direction with the Bamboo build... printing is now done except for the rear lights!