Tore down my And'y Graphite Chassis RC10 today and began my restore and modification. This will be a medium pace build depending on my budget, lol. I am going for a complete flat black/key lime color build. I'm sure it's been done before but I like the color contrast between the two. Got my new black arms on and some painted parts on. The arms came out a little more shiny then I wanted them to, but a little dirt and sand will dull them down a little More pics to come with project updates. My camera doesn't take clear picture anymore after it's run in with the bottom of a river. So I am sorry about quality.
Asso_man! wrote:I think you'll have some problems with mounting the rear shocks on the rear arms
You painted the plastic parts and shock towers? If so, the paint won't last for a long time...
I know I saw that later. I guess building a car at 1 am isn't a good idea. It is fixed now.
I got the painted arms from a friend off his old demolished rc10. (broken chassis) I am waiting for my new RPM arms. The shock towers were primed and painted.
Since my old front stub axles and steering blocks were shot I had to think of something new and modify them. I bought t3/b3 front steering blocks and b2 aluminum axles and got them to fit. I had to trim a little off one end of the steering blocks to get them to fit into the stock rc10 arm pivots. Works great, plus the arms on the steering blocks are a little longer so it gives me a little more turning radius. Here are some new pics of them installed.
Jeff
Here you can see the ends are too long to fit into the pivot. I took a little off the longer end of the steering block
Finally got it temporarily together. Needs some rims and tires, I robbed all the electronics from my Rustler. It's decent with the 7 cell and all my old XL5 parts.
Im not too used to imperial sizes and have found a few screws i dont have allen keys for.
Can anyone tell me what allen key sizes are used on old rc10s?
The ones i have trouble with are the tiny screws that hold the bearings in the idlers, the...
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Wiha makes some very good and durable hex allen wrenches I would swear by.
Most other allen keys normally strip and then make it impossible to catch the small .0035 screw head.
One thing that has bugged me is that I can hardly ever find my RC-10 auctions when i do a search on ebay. What keywords do you guys usually search for when loking for RC-10 parts?
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Hey guys,
One thing to check.........I absolutely use the *exclude these words* function, under the advaned searches, and it works phenomenally well. However, there were times, where I just bypassed the advanced searches auctions, and used for...
Can we discuss which items wear out fastest on RC10s in general with use. Plus which items seem to last ages? Plus in particular which items in the stealth transmission wear out? Plus how many spares you have for specific items? I have been building...
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Thanks guys. I dont have any hinge pins as I thought they would be impossible to break. I'll get some!
I love to restore more than building new out the box. Its just something about bringing old forgotten RC'S back to life so when I came across someone who had this old blackfoot body and Sees Aluminum wheels with a vintage Sassy Chassis thats been...
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That came out spectacular ! Well worth your effort.
Hi all, a few months ago when I joined, I showed a pic of my lightly used RC10T Team truck I bought back in '96. Being I bought a brand T truck to play with, and inspired by some other projects, I decided to blow apart my truck and start a build....
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That is something you need to talk to your powder coater about. My chassis had very minor scuffs and scrapes, not sure what they did, but you can't tell any of them were even there. Its something I wasn't concerned about personally--but i am glad...
so, while ive been home recouping some bone realignment (the unfun kind) ive gotten acquainted with this beyond awesome forum and all the sick, trick, colorful, real use and all things that a rc10 can be....really has helped me fight the cabin...
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the brushless gt as promised! better late than never...
Ok I am just about done posting my projects and such but I just got a hold of a Gold Tub and wanted to post a photo to figure out what I needed to get it all up to par and as accurate as possible.
Right now I can figure it needs...
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1.32 shocks on the rear...bottom loaded if you want to be correct.