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Rere build

I wanted to make this better than just your standard slap together by using some parts that are vintage and other parts that are currently available. I've been collecting things here and there. A set of Dhawk aluminum parts including the transmission case. A bearing set from somewhere in Hong Kong. Aluminum shock coil overs from a list member here who I can't remember who I bought them from. A set of MIP CVD's. Today the final pieces to the puzzle of my rere build came in which were the RPM arms, lower shock cups and rod ends and a set of bearings for the out drives on the tranny.

First order of business is the transmission. Over the years I have been collecting, I've come across some really neat stuff. One of these things is a set of top shaft bearing carriers made from aluminum. No clue who made them though





In regards to the dhawk transmission case, you really get what you pay for. The the holes for the top shaft mounts needed filing where the threads broke through from the top of the case. The biggest problem was the need to enlarge the bearing recess from .0617 to .0625. Luckily my neighbor has a Bridgeport mill and we made short work of that.



Next up was installation of some Thorp 48 pitch gears. These suckers are butter smooth.



I'm using a Jammin Jay slipper setup. This unit truly is nicer than stock setup with the double thrust bearings.



Here it is all assembled up ready to install on the chassis





First order of business is to build the front end. No real issues here. I substituted some small 4/40 locking nuts in place of the stock larger non-locking 4/40 nuts.



Next up is the rear bulkhead. I found out the hard way that mounting holes are not deep enough. The aluminum 8/32 bottomed out before tightening. When I tried to back them out, one seized and snapped off in the bulkhead. The aluminum hardware is poor quality. I used a small ex-out to fish the snapped off piece. I cut two screws down and coated them with Teflon grease. I disassembled the front end and greased all those screws and am now greasing all aluminum screws before use. However it does look pretty.



Next I installed the transmission



The rear carriers are slightly larger than stock so the rear arm needed to be modified in other to fit. I also built up the set of MIP CVD's



Here is the rear suspension arms installed.





This where I'm stopping for the night.

Looks good Jim! How did you do the edges on the tranny? I almost installed the Thorp gears and Jammin diff kit on mine, but thought I would keep these for a true vintage car. I still have difficulties with installing old parts on the Chinese lady

Asso_man! wrote:Looks good Jim! How did you do the edges on the tranny?

Probably at the same time as the hole were milled on the lathe

Or using a router table with a countersunk drill

Asso_man! wrote:Looks good Jim! How did you do the edges on the tranny? I almost installed the Thorp gears and Jammin diff kit on mine, but thought I would keep these for a true vintage car. I still have difficulties with installing old parts on the Chinese lady

The transmission came with the edges like that. Odd that they would mill it like this because it doesn't match their other parts

I've had those gears and diff kit for probably ten years. I don't have very many RC10's and the only one these would work with is my original 6016 kit which I've kept stock with the exception of the wheels. If I didn't use these parts here, they probably would never get used.

HI!... So your going with a boxart body right?

THE H.P FREAK wrote:HI!... So your going with a boxart body right?

Actually I am. I'm going to use the one that Doug at Squarehead designs painted for me a couple of years ago. I've been using it on my 6016 buggy but since it was done with a rere body I felt it would be better suited to this chassis. I have another nicely painted body that is a vintage wavy window to go back on the 6016 to make it more vintage correct.

Looking good!

What is your overall impression of the aluminum as far as tolerances and fitment?

gomachv wrote:What is your overall impression of the aluminum as far as tolerances and fitment?

The rear arm mounts and transmission need refinements other than that are the other parts fit together well. The rear carriers have tighter bearing tolerances than the stock rere carriers.

Rere build 2

Finished the rest of it off this morning. I like how it turned out.









Box art body painted by Doug or Squarehead Designs



Here is my original with his Chinese Daughter.

Very nice

neat, someone on here should make that bearing carriers.

Nice work Jim.
We're those an unused set of technacrafts?
Or did they come from another build?

JPAE07 wrote:Nice work Jim.
We're those an unused set of technacrafts?
Or did they come from another build?

They are Pargu's rims

Excellent Build! Glade you were able to use those parts you had laying around for this. So if your buddy did not have the Bridgeport mill what would have you done to fix the tolerance issue and I wonder if anyone has informed Dhawk about this?

Asso_man! wrote:

JPAE07 wrote:Nice work Jim.
We're those an unused set of technacrafts?
Or did they come from another build?

They are Pargu's rims

They are Lohas wheels. I had them on my world runner just for show but the bearing tolerances are so sloppy I'd never run them on the car. Since the rere will always live on the shelf, their perfect