Would either of these Turnbuckles work for a Gold RC10? 1 5/8 or 1 3/8 or BOTH?
If i remember correctly the 2.05 inch turnbuckles on my graphite RC10 had to be ground down so they could be shortened enough to put some negative camber in the rear (without the rod end stabing through the cup and jamming if you know what i mean)
And if these arent the best ones which are??? Thanks
is it a short or wide arm car? it will also depend on your ball stud location, and which ball cups you would be using. the ones in those kits might be longer than a stock ae cup. so, you have to figure that in with the lenght of the tie rod itself, too.
if i remember right, for my c.c. chassis, i got 1 7/8 for the steering, 1 5/8 for the camber, and 1 3/8 for the rear.
now, i used my team car w/ the stock ball cups to measure the lengths i needed. i did not think about the rpm cups that i used being an 1/8" longer. so, that's a 1/4" total per rod. the lengths i got did work, but in reality, i should have gotten ones that were shorter.
the one thing i hate more than anything is installing ballends on turnbuckles, and its like 20 times worse when its rpm ends and lunsford...
i always get a blister on my thumb and index finger on the 2nd or 3rd one... i need to get some of those pliers with the plastic insert on the end i suppose.
what i do is put a ball stud in an old part. then i snap the ball end on it, get the rod started, and just use the wrench to turn them in. this way all you need to do is hold down on the ball cup with your thumb so it doesn't pop off.
If you have a heat gun, or even a blow dryer, you can warm them up and they go on easy as pie. Like chocolate pudding pie with whip cream and cherries, and I don't mean those fake cherries either.
justinspeed79 wrote:If you have a heat gun, or even a blow dryer, you can warm them up and they go on easy as pie. Like chocolate pudding pie with whip cream and cherries, and I don't mean those fake cherries either.
Does anyone know of a modern Titanium turnbuckle kit that I can use on an RC10 (stock wide front arms and stock rear arms) that I can still purchase and find replacement turnbuckles if I need to? I'll be using the innermost mounting points on both...
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Actually, by the looks of it the front setup you have is what I could use too. So any idea what lengths all those lengths are or what you bought?
Sorry Keith, they're FT replacements for a CE or Team car. I've not measured them, they used to be...
I'm in the process of building my OIN with Dynatech front and rear arms. I looked through several OIN threads and didn't see anyone really mention what type or length turnbuckles are being used.
I'm looking at an online pdf manual, and it says to build the turnbuckles to the same size as the picture, but the pdf isn't 1/1 scale. Does anyone know the length of the front and rear camber links and the toe links? Thank you in advance!
Whats the benefits of using one over the other and vice versa.
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for the application of RC cars, the rods vs turnbuckles and changing length in use is a very unlikely scenario. And while you might be better served by being able to adjust the turnbuckle length an infinite length increment, using a tie rod limited...
