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"The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:53 pm
by scr8p
do you ever feel like cutting up perfectly good parts just for the hell of it? i do, and today was one of those days.
so i'm looking through my little part drawers and stumbled upon my used losi a-1017 lxt/nxt steering knuckle setup. they've been in there for quite a few years after ditching them in favor of something else on a build i was doing. so anyways, here's what i'm talking about....
take notice that the castor block is the same as the ones used for the rpm steering enhancement kits for the rc10 buggy and truck.
but, the arm is quite diffferent than the buggy (similar to the rpm truck knuckle iirc).
so, i marked the new location, and started drilling, cutting, and grinding.
and ended up with the poor man's steering enhancement kit.
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:01 pm
by RC10resto
Awesome - now make them white
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:04 pm
by scr8p
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:10 pm
by Charlie don't surf
RC10resto wrote:Awesome - now make them white
Jason, is that the ultramolded car
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:15 pm
by scr8p
yup, in all of it's still unfinished, eff'd up glory. now you can see why i thought about dying it black. looks worse in person.
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:20 pm
by Charlie don't surf
I remember it, I didn't think it looked that yellow as I recalled- I'm telling you, I can fix that and get it back-
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:26 pm
by scr8p
it was nice and white 5 years ago........
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:35 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Don't make me put my offer back.
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:15 pm
by scr8p
one day i'll feel like tearing it down........
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:21 pm
by LTO_Dave
Do the AE inline axles fit the Losi hubs? Or were the RPM axles something different?
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:25 pm
by scr8p
the losi axles are slightly larger, so ae axles wiggle a little bit in the losi knuckles. the rpm knuckles use the ae aluminum axles.
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:35 pm
by cautrell05
A little scotch tape can help with the fit in the steering arm. I did that on the WTF buggy. Associated axles in losi SCT steering arms.
Nick
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:49 pm
by GJW
that's a cool little discovery jason, well done man. wonder if a peroxide gel formula would work on the rpm ultra without pulling it apart
Re: "The Poor Man's" RPM Steering Enhancement Kit (buggy)
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:24 pm
by klavy69
GJW wrote:that's a cool little discovery jason, well done man. wonder if a peroxide gel formula would work on the rpm ultra without pulling it apart
peroxide and rpm don't mix at all...unless you like the color green and some other funkiness
Todd