New guy with an old RC10
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
Cool find, congrats My only suggestion at this point would be to ditch all the brass bushings in exchange for bearings while your rebuilding (especially in the transmission) unless you're really NOT EVER going to run it
-Kevin
Re: New guy with an old RC10
i am jelly of that horde of parts , was in much the same boat as you, though i was playin with a mod hpi savage with a 700 ho conversion. looks good btw, and makes me want to get to work on mine again, though i am waiting on trans at the moment.....
Re: New guy with an old RC10
I have been working hard at getting this thing back together. My goal is to get the gold chassis back to stock. I cleaned everything scrubbing with a tooth brush and simple green, after that I soaked the white parts in peroxide. I started putting it back together today.
So far I have only ran into a couple minor problems. With putting the transmission back together after I took it apart to clean and grease everything I cannot find the proper screws to close the transmission casing, 3 of them.
And I cannot find a tiny nut that goes on the other side.
Other than that I am moving along. In the future I will need the cover that goes over the large outer gear and a body.
So far I have only ran into a couple minor problems. With putting the transmission back together after I took it apart to clean and grease everything I cannot find the proper screws to close the transmission casing, 3 of them.
And I cannot find a tiny nut that goes on the other side.
Other than that I am moving along. In the future I will need the cover that goes over the large outer gear and a body.
Re: New guy with an old RC10
The bottom screw is shorter than the others. I believe the nut is still in the case. I don't think I have ever had one fall out before and I use to tear my tranny apart all the time to clean it up.
Re: New guy with an old RC10
Thanks trek. The 3 screws that I thought went into the casing are to long and the shorter screw needs the nut. From what I can tell the nut is not in the casing, I will look again when I get out to the shop.
Re: New guy with an old RC10
My 1985/86 era RC10 had the same issue. I remember when I built it (brand new) I could never find that little nut. Looked everywhere and finally had to grind down a nut to fit into there.
fiveonomo wrote:Thanks trek. The 3 screws that I thought went into the casing are to long and the shorter screw needs the nut. From what I can tell the nut is not in the casing, I will look again when I get out to the shop.
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
Sometimes you feel like a nut....sometimes you don't.
I couldn't resist! sorry
I couldn't resist! sorry
Remember it's either a runner or a shelfer. Everything else is just parts.
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Finally got the old RC10 together, well most of it
Well I have been spending a bunch of time on the old RC10 and I think I have most of it together. I still need the gear cover (fighting on eBay for one now) and a body. Other than that what do you guys see that I need to change or that I should? My intent is to display this car and I will not run it although I want it to work and it does other than the steering. For some reason today I could not get the steering linkage and servo to work right so I left it alone for now. When people ask me, what year should I tell them this is from? It is the A stamp chassis. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for looking and I appreciate all of the comments and thoughts in advance.
Thanks for looking and I appreciate all of the comments and thoughts in advance.
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
Great job! It looks very nice.
I would have to say that this is from the 1984-86 generation.
I would have to say that this is from the 1984-86 generation.
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
Got the gear cover in today, got it from eBay. Didn't want to spend that much but that's what they seem to have been going for. The seller said it was vintage, it looks like it and kind of like paper thin....I think it might be.
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
it's not the "correct" gear cover for the car, but it gets the job done.
oh, and your rear arm mounts are on the wrong side.
oh, and your rear arm mounts are on the wrong side.
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
Very nice and clean resto but scr8p is right, that gear cover came on later stealth tranny rc10's! For such a sweet car, I would keep my eye open for an original!
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Re: New guy with an old RC10
Dang it, I thought tha is what I had. Anyone have a picture of the one I need? Also, my rear arms are on wrong? Can you explain little further? Thanks for the information!!
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