Yokomo YZ10 Restoration

[Tom7164]

Good Afternoon

I have decided that its time to rebuild my yz10 I have had it for about 15 years and was running It a few years ago with a brushless set up, until I stripped the teeth off the spur gear. I did get a robinson racing spur gear back then but it would not fit on the lay shaft with the original Direct hub? not sure if thats what its called.

Am I right in thinking its A 94?

At the moment I am trying to gather parts before I pull it apart I am waiting to here back from fibre-lyte about a new top deck as the original has snapped.

Anyway have a look tell me what you think of it, any advice on how to fit the RR spur gear or where I could get the original from would be greatly appreciated.

[stickboy007]

In the most ideal case, you can try and find a TCS unit, which will accept modern Robinson or Kimbrough spur gears. There are also non-TCS options which are less impossible to find. Namely, finding a YR4 layshaft with a center hub/pulley that accepts a modern spur gear (I don't know the part number, but I have something like this on my 870c). Original spurs for the '94 are not easy to find, but I would not be surprised if somebody on these forums has one they can hook you up with.

[ralphee]

Think I've got a new DD spur somewhere, ill have a look and let you know! Just noticed, didn't mean to infringe BST rulings!

lee

[Tom7164]

Thanks ralphee.

I lost out on a YR4 on ebay yesterday, I was thinking that I would be able to take the layshaft and with everything on it and put it in my yz. would that have been correct?

[ralphee]

Buddy ill get to my boxes and take a look, long as Reggie etc are cool with helping a Yokomo brother out as i don't wanna pee on the BST picnic. I know for a fact i have a layshaft and pulley (new) with a used but good one way adaptor. But i know i bought a new DD spur when i bought a pulley set, I'm sure of it, but I've a lot of NIP 94 parts in boxes, so i need a bit of time to go through it all.

lee

[Charlie don't surf]

Tossing someone something out of being a nice guy, and hawking something that's being asked for are two different things

Give all the parts away you like! It's nice to help out someone

[Tom7164]

I managed to find some time today to start taking it apart and have a go at cleaning the motor mount I sanded it with wet and dry and polished it with cutting compound, I may spend some more time on it tomorrow if I get a chance.

[stickboy007]

Nice job on the motor mount. I cleaned mine up with a Scotch Brite pad by hand, and it took forever. Haven't thought about polishing it, but I like the idea...

[flustorm99]

Mate use a dremel with wire brush and the polishing pad and it takes less the an hour to get a mirror finish. No hard work either....

[flustorm99]

to show you what I mean...I polished all this stuff fairly quickly using the tools you see and a dremel...

I used these attachments

and it came out like this...

bugger doing it by hand...sounds like too much hard work...!

[Tom7164]

Thats come out really nice i am going to have to dig out my dremel and get some new heads for it.

[flustorm99]

Way way easier...the circle brush works wonders on everything, rusty turnbuckles, glue on wheels, polishing alloy shocks, getting rust of screws, i am amazed how well it works, i am going to put some before and after pics up of my restorations, i like to try to keep the original stuff instead of buying new everything and clean up the original stuff that comes with the car...and the dremel so far seems to be the answer.. You will be amazed.. I was and still am..

[stickboy007]

The Scotch Brite pad does work very well at cleaning up old, oxidized magnesium. It's just getting into the tight spots that takes time. It's quite relaxing until your fingers start to break down

I did use the circle brush with my dremel on one of the bulkheads on my 870 runner, if I remember correctly. That brush does a great job, but I will say that you get a smoother finish with the Scotch Brite pad which is, naturally, not as abrasive. I suppose the polish takes care of that, though.

[jwscab]

make sure you clear coat it or wax it, otherwise all the hard work goes to waste after a short period of time.

[rccars4sal]

Im leaving the mag parts natural. I bet they would respond well to anodize though.