Looking for an AYK favor....
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 11:27 pm
Hello,
I joined this forum because I have an AYK Buffalo and internet searches kept coming back to this forum. About 2 years ago I tried to repair a nitro duratrax truck for a friend and it was ready for pickup. I gave it to him when we were together at another friends place and the host saw it was an RC truck and says "I got an RC car in the basement, you can have it if you want" I said no thanks but he brought it out in its original box and put it in my hands. My wife rolled her eyes and it came home with me. It sat in my basement for 2 years until I was cleaning up recently and decided to pull it out and see what I had. AYK buffalo with working Futaba Magnum Junior radio. So, thus begins the long winding adventure to put this buggy back on the road. (The last RC car I had was a Hirobo 4WD Rally Peugeot that I cut grass all summer to save up for) After taking it apart and cleaning everything, I realized a problem: the front arms were very heavy, like 1/4 solid steel heavy. This car had suffered front end damage and somebody resolved this by making front swing arms that were as heavy as the whole chassis. I thought of drilling speed holes in them, but after closer inspection they are not even the same size SO:
If someone here has a Bobcat/Buffalo/Boxer could they please measure the original front arms with a mic and give me the dimensions so I can re-create the originals out of aluminum?
Thanks,
Dan
I joined this forum because I have an AYK Buffalo and internet searches kept coming back to this forum. About 2 years ago I tried to repair a nitro duratrax truck for a friend and it was ready for pickup. I gave it to him when we were together at another friends place and the host saw it was an RC truck and says "I got an RC car in the basement, you can have it if you want" I said no thanks but he brought it out in its original box and put it in my hands. My wife rolled her eyes and it came home with me. It sat in my basement for 2 years until I was cleaning up recently and decided to pull it out and see what I had. AYK buffalo with working Futaba Magnum Junior radio. So, thus begins the long winding adventure to put this buggy back on the road. (The last RC car I had was a Hirobo 4WD Rally Peugeot that I cut grass all summer to save up for) After taking it apart and cleaning everything, I realized a problem: the front arms were very heavy, like 1/4 solid steel heavy. This car had suffered front end damage and somebody resolved this by making front swing arms that were as heavy as the whole chassis. I thought of drilling speed holes in them, but after closer inspection they are not even the same size SO:
If someone here has a Bobcat/Buffalo/Boxer could they please measure the original front arms with a mic and give me the dimensions so I can re-create the originals out of aluminum?
Thanks,
Dan
