hondaman wrote:
2.) Does yokomo white plastic respond to peroxide like Associated? Yup.. Did mine for my 870C and Works 93.. Came out great.. Just don't try to dye the bulkhead caps.. I hear they warp (there was a thread somewhere).
Shawn
You can use same peroxide treatment on the bulkhead caps, it wont warp them. Just don't boil the peroxide off them afterwards, they have a low melting point and will warp very quickly. Think it may have been my thread
I found this out the hard way with 6 re-freshed caps. Still haven't recovered from that!
And to put the boot in, I only boiled the Yokomo caps because my previous lot of peroxided associated parts that I didn't boil off were left with my mint team truck parts and stripped the anodizing!
Im wondering about the rear bulk head and rear suspension mounts. Does the suspension mount on the rear bulk head? Or are there plastic suspension mounts like on a 94? Also,, is that rear bulkhead a machined version of the old style 870c rear bulk head?
Front end looks like text book 94 95 yz10,,, but the rear of this 93 wcs needs more clarification! Im about 2 cars away from having a complete timeline of production 4wd buggies from 834 to bmax4. The carryover effect of Yokomo designs is so cool. Its fantastic to see the evolution of the designs from 1 model to the next.
My guess is that the front end was debuted on the 93 wcs, and the all plastic rear end came out in 94,, but the rear end of the 93 wcs looks like a mix of old and new!
Well, I've painstakingly taken the pulleys themselves apart, cleaned them and cleaned the diff halves. Luckily the outdrives are in great shape and don't show signs of wear. I've also ordered a front belt, 96T rear belt, steering bellcranks, 16mm yokomo Ti turnbuckles and front universals which should be on the way soon.
The parts list is slowly ticking down. Monday I will buy new AE .71 shocks, diff rings, balls and diff rebuild kit.
Another question I have is the special kingpin screws, are there two of the lightweight slotted head screws or should there be four? I tried looking at DerbyDans build but photobucket images are on the fritz on my phone.
RC10th wrote:Well, I've painstakingly taken the pulleys themselves apart, cleaned them and cleaned the diff halves. Luckily the outdrives are in great shape and don't show signs of wear. I've also ordered a front belt, 96T rear belt, steering bellcranks, 16mm yokomo Ti turnbuckles and front universals which should be on the way soon.
The parts list is slowly ticking down. Monday I will buy new AE .71 shocks, diff rings, balls and diff rebuild kit.
Another question I have is the special kingpin screws, are there two of the lightweight slotted head screws or should there be four? I tried looking at DerbyDans build but photobucket images are on the fritz on my phone.
4 slotted. I got mine from a YR4 lightweight kit which I understand come in two varieties, the newer type with hex and the older type with slotted.
Bummer, my car had two slotted kingpins on top and two hex kingpins on bottom. Is it really worth worrying about? As much as I'd like to keep the car original it is race modified beyond originality.
RC10th wrote:Bummer, my car had two slotted kingpins on top and two hex kingpins on bottom. Is it really worth worrying about? As much as I'd like to keep the car original it is race modified beyond originality.
Then I wouldn't about them then use it as it is and just keep an eye out some will turn up eventually
Fiberlyte got back to me and are happy to cut out WCS top decks and steering rack/braces. Like Peakey said they only require you to send in the material to be cut.
So my next question is.......
Where is the best place to source OEM style fiberglass? Most current fiberglass offered doesn't look quite right to me. I'll probably get a couple made so if there is any interest let me know.
Here's my total progress so far of cleaned and new parts ready to be assembled, slowly chipping away at it. Sadly someone else bought the .71 AE shocks so that's something else I have to track down.
I still have a few bits in transit like rear belt, white steering bellcranks and front upper turnbuckles.
My poor top deck is broken Masami style. I managed to break off the "patch" which came off rather clean. I think this is going to be one of the hardest parts to find, unless I can find a fiberglass sheet that has an OEM appearance.
RC10th wrote:My poor top deck is broken Masami style. I managed to break off the "patch" which came off rather clean. I think this is going to be one of the hardest parts to find, unless I can find a fiberglass sheet that has an OEM appearance.
mmm, didn't masami use a shock damper on top of these
When I did mine the only stuff I could find had a glossy finish but could easily be dulled up with a scotch bright pad just practise on an off cut but mine came up pretty good.
peter
RC10th wrote:My poor top deck is broken Masami style. I managed to break off the "patch" which came off rather clean. I think this is going to be one of the hardest parts to find, unless I can find a fiberglass sheet that has an OEM appearance.
Alright, I am in the process of returning my YZ10 to life and I would love to run Lipo's as I am just going to use the car to run around (not race). I have ancient electronics (Novak T5) and old old Twister stock motor. I am looking at the Lipo...
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You MUST use a lipo charger, in lipo (CC/CV) mode. Or else everything goes up in flames. Cannot allow an individual cell to go above 4.2 volts (technically 4.25v if you like standing right on the edge of the cliff, but your meter better be...
I'm new to the forum and have read many many posts. Very good stuff!! I just got a pair of YZ10's (the '88 - '89 ones) and have torn them apart and of course the bulkheads, hubs, and motormount are in pretty rough shape. I've read tons...
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3M scotchbrite on a dremel polishes it up nicely for me with almost no material loss :D
I have some spare parts I bought that came in a parts lot. They are late model YZ10 parts. It looks like I have everything but the chassis and bulkhead parts to build a full car with. What parts are different between the 93 WCS and the cars that...
I'm restoring a YZ-10 WCS (Pavidis) which came with white battery strap posts. I've also got a second WCS which came with black battery posts, and I've seen 1993 YZ-10's which have white rear posts and black fronts! :shock: Any one know which...
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After some research I'm pretty sure the motor mount cap should be black. This is because the original (but poor condition) car I'm restoring had a black one (although the middle has been cut out) and this ties up with Asso_man's 100% unmolested...
After examining a parts lot from ebay, I noticed it was mostly 94+ YZ10 parts. Looks like it will be fun to build a 93 WCS car using the bits I have mixed with some Fibre Lyte parts. I'm assuming I can use an 870c rear bulkhead with the shock tower...
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I did this successfully, drop me a message if you need help. I made mine s3m pitch.
Well i finally finished my WCS and i decided instead off doing a replica i would do a tribute to the legend him self, as you may have already noticed the stickers are not all in the right place but being a tribute i like it like this, this may sound...
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GJW sold many of his cars the past year so I wouldn't be surprised this one comes from his stash, especially because Andrew is also an Aussie and indeed these blue battery straps are some serious hints to the same car.