I decided to clean up the Bullet. I tore it down entirely and cleaned every surface, corner, inside, and outside. I also peroxided the whites. It is in great shape for such an old buggy. I was reminded of how clunky the steering mechanism is, mainly because of the servo saver having so much slop. Otherwise, I have always liked the Bullet since racing my first one as a kid (and winning quite a few races).
I think this is the second revision of mechanical speed controller used on the bullet. It differs from the MSC shown in the manual:
A little bit of dirt. Notice the two nuts at the bottom of each steering mounting post. Only a single flange nut is mentioned in the exact paper manual for this car. It caused me some confusion during reassembly
Here are the white plastics ready for some hydrogen peroxide and sunshine. It's interesting to note that both the Box art and instruction manual show BLACK parts, yet I have never seen a Bullet with factory black plastics.
I don't think I have ever seen a straight front tower I bought a new set and it was even bent, but that was due to the shipper lol
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Aluminum seems to generally be a dumb choice of material for shock towers. I had to straighten the rear towers on all three of my Optimas.
I like how it seems to be a mishmash of other companies' designs. They copied Kyosho's gearbox layout, Associated's shocks, suspension layout, and color scheme, and Tamiya's mechanical speed control. But the sum total is way cooler than anything they make nowadays... hey Traxxas, I dare you to re-release this one. In kit form.
Same here. I would give serious consideration to buying a Bullet re-release.
The rest of the pics are, well, just that. I didn't run into any problems except for certain steps in the instructions that didn't match the accompanying illustrations. Thankfully I had my own pre-teardown photos as a reference.
She cleaned up real nice! Those steering bellcrank posts should still be around, ill keep an eye out
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Effectively done. I just need to get a few things:
- new body (will reuse my current rollcage after stripping the paint)
- two screws that were stolen by the sock gremlin
Very nice restoration job. Looks great all cleaned up.
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What's going on with that steering bellcrank setup? Looks like a lot of over-complexification in the design, especially the parts coming off the servo and that weird multi-holed part. I've never owned a Traxxas TRX-10 nor any other Traxxas, but that setup looks over-engineered.
It was their way of building one piece that was future proof. You can set the crank up on the left or the right side, and at any angle
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So I just picked up a Bullet. It was kind of an impulse buy, but for $17, I figured it would be fun. Anyway, I see that TBG repros the body for it and several other vintage Traxxas buggies. Which ones will fit the Bullet without too much...
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No need to resist that urge. You'll enjoy it even more
So digging through so stuff at my step dads house. I found my old bullet trx 10 from when I was a kid, probably 6 or 7. I haven't ran this since the mid 90s I'm guessing. But I remember how much fun I had with it, and with my step dad. Now that my...
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Thanks for the info. I got that as well. Just was in the box. But after thinking about it, I think I'm just going to but a body and paint it. Just got to find the decals for it or some one to make them.
Took a little weight off this Bullet. Long graphite towers, some aluminum screws, light rear arms (fronts coming), custom upper deck, long gold shocks, ball diff, lightweight one piece wheels and (coming) a light body. Oh, and of course black anno...
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Chewbacca - Thanks for the picture. This does make it clear that it would be as simple as cutting flush with the shock tower mounting surface. And, good to hear that the upper shock tower mounting points are the same. This may give me a relatively...
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I thought I'd share here since I don't really have any other outlet for this. Poor bastard went into the drink and drowned. Scattered his ashes past the golden gate today. Here's to you Kyle. You stupid son of a bitch.
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