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Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:42 pm
by Toasted Coastie
Sounds like you are on your way to recovery....

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:52 pm
by Toasted Coastie
First of all, your CAD skills rock.

Second of all, I have no idea. There are others on the board that can identify it quick enough for you though. My Yoke experience is limited to the 870c....

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:04 pm
by MIKE VALENTINE
Thanks, it's what i do for a living. I know this post with be hard to seperate out the out hub and old rim compared to the new stuff. But I wanted to make sure the newer rim and new hub I designed would yield the same offset as the old ones. Here's a cross section thru the hub/axle/rim. You can see the old rim is smaller but slighlty wider then new 2.2 rim.

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:38 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Safe to assume this is the M.V. of the Ozite variety?

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:45 pm
by MIKE VALENTINE
Charlie, Yes
Erich who runs the Vintage Offroad Nats is a good friend of mine, and I have always loved offroad.
Just not enough time in the summer to race, so indoor carpet was the only choice left for me.
But I do plan to race the VONATS again this year.

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:57 pm
by Charlie don't surf
I think we raced under the same sponsor flag at a race in Feb of 09' or I may be off on the date- this would have been brown carpet, that turns to black asphalt by the mains :wink:

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:03 pm
by MIKE VALENTINE
Send me a PM or E-Mail me [email protected]
I can't make the conection, I'm assuming you mean DO at B&J
Mike

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:09 pm
by Charlie don't surf
PM sent-

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:18 pm
by MIKE VALENTINE
Finally got to take some pictures. Please let me know if this really is a 91 works or some hybrid.

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:01 pm
by MIKE VALENTINE
More pictures

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:15 am
by kenooze
Black wheels from Works 93.
Front tower seems to be hand modified works 91
Rear tower from works 91
Wheel adapters, difficult to say
Chassis works 91 design, material ?
Top deck, tuning part
Plastic black front bulkhead YR4
Hubs, Works 91 & 93

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:19 am
by MIKE VALENTINE
Chassis is carbon top and bottom layer with a white (assume fiberglass) middle.

Why do you say front Shock tower is modified?

Ok thanks, Wish I took pictures prior to taking the car apart.

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:14 pm
by Justjoe
Mike,
Do you have all the parts to build the car? have you looked at Podium RC. They list quite a few parts but I have not ordered anything from them yet. I got my TCS shaft from End of the line but they dont have many parts left for the YZ10's.

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:32 pm
by MIKE VALENTINE
No I haven't looked at Podium Rc, it never came up in any of my queries. I'm close to having everything I need to built the car to race. It's won't be shelf queen but should race well. I still need a body, wing, and tires, but those are easy to find.

Re: YOKOMO RESTORE HELP

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:34 pm
by Justjoe
I plan on running my car again when it is finally back together. I also have been accumulating some extra parts for replacements. I know when I was racing this thing back in the early 90's I went through hubs bulkheads and arms like they were going out of style. I am going to change out front bulkhead to the nylon YR4 type since they seem to hold up better. I also have been trying to use Lipo batteries and burnt up both of my old ESC's This has been a learning experience.