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Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:25 am
by DaveM
Hi Guys,
I bought some Tecnacraft turnbuckles off E-bay from Hong Kong.
They are not 4-40.
The diameter at the threaded section of an original Tecnacraft Turnbuckle is (4-40) or 3mm which fits
the Team Associated #6274 ball cups perfectly.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX2549&P=7
The ones from Hong Kong are close to 3.5mm and are just too hard to fit the ballcups and when I did
get one on the ball cup was distorted.
Cheers, Dave.
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:52 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Those sound like the HD link set, that use the grey RPM ends
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:27 pm
by DaveM
I don't understand,
All the Tecnacraft turnbuckles I have when measured have a diameter of 3mm (4-40)
which fit the vintage ball cups.
Are you saying Tecnacraft made a HD link set?
Cheers, Dave.
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:10 pm
by GoMachV
Yes
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:28 pm
by DaveM
Hi Jeff,
Here is a advertisement for Tecnacraft turnbuckles,
they are 4-40,
You just need to scroll down the page,
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=34046&start=0
Cheers, Dave.
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:25 pm
by SiRacer420
Those that GoMachV posted say 6-40 so I bet they fit what you have. I also have a stash of those but I don't know what size they are.
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:28 pm
by GoMachV
Just like Lunsford, they started with 4-40 but evolved into heavy duty.
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:34 pm
by DaveM
Hi Guys,
Looks like I made a mistake, I should have read the add properly.
I saw Tecnacraft and thought they would suit the RC10 with vintage ballcups.
The ones on E-bay are the later HD ones.
but I wanted 4-40 turnbuckles.
So I am still short 4 turnbuckles for my graphite restoration.
Cheers, Dave.
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:55 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Just use them with the rocket city ends, it is 100% period correct and was very common
Re: Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:13 am
by DaveM
Hi Charlie don't surf,
The problem I have now is I don't have a complete set of either but a mixture of both, and I would need
to buy different rod ends.
I might just put this buggy in the cupboard for a while, I am just over it at the moment.
Regards, Dave.