First RC10 in 25 Years

Post by **erichevy** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:43 pm

Well it's been a long time since I bought my original RC10 back in the late 80's. My original car is long gone, but the desire to own another hit me recently. This is what I ended up with. I plan on making a few changes to it and I'll document it all here as I go. This website has a ton of info!

Post by **erichevy** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:45 pm

Guess my picture upload didn't work... grrrr

Post by **erichevy** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:50 pm

Post by **slotcarrod** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:05 pm

Looks like a good start, welcome back! Be careful, these things tend to multiply!

Post by **1968** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:39 pm

Erichevy from BMX Museum?

Post by **erichevy** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:07 pm

1968 wrote:Erichevy from BMX Museum?

Yes sir

Post by **1968** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:42 pm

It gets tough when you have multiple hobbies.

Post by **erichevy** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:33 pm

slotcarrod wrote:Looks like a good start, welcome back! Be careful, these things tend to multiply!

You were right.... barely into this project and I think I have enough parts to build 3 cars, lol....

Post by **erichevy** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:41 pm

I picked up a parts car and decided to use the tub for this build so I can use and abuse it without the worry of messin up the nice clean tub on my car. This parts car tub has been drilled out by the previous owner, but doesn't look too bad. I had to do some straightening and tweaking, and I also drilled it for a Stealth Transmission using a black "B" chassis as a template. Turned out alright I think.

Finished!

Post by **erichevy** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:46 pm

I also picked up a bunch of white parts for this car cuz I just wasn't feelin the black suspension. I picked up the black tub to build an all black car for my kid (I'll do another build thread on that one). I'll be sticking with the gold and white for myself.

I'm attempting to whiten these with peroxide and UV grow lights.... we will see...

This was after a good scrubbing with CLR

Soaking in Peroxide

Post by **erichevy** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:32 am

Some of the parts came out pretty clean.... others are still soaking. Here are the hubs with new bearings installed.

Post by **erichevy** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:34 am

And I installed most of the suspension and the shock towers/rear bulkhead. So far so good.

Post by **The Gweed** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:30 am

Looking good. What a great idea with the peroxide and uv light it seems to really work well.

Post by **erichevy** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:19 pm

The Gweed wrote:Looking good. What a great idea with the peroxide and uv light it seems to really work well.

Just a little trick/tip I learned on this site

Post by **erichevy** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:25 pm

Trans bearings installed (replacing the bushings that were in it).

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