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andyaus wrote:

Nice decal placement on the roof, Have you put something on the inside too to avoid them sagging in to the holes?

Never thought about saggage over time, nice work Andy , what would you suggest, cut a little disc of lexan out place in hole and drop a blob of shoe glue on it?

So it’s got the the point where I have to strip the chassis/gearboxes down to component parts and give every thing a very good clean
Some before pics






First step remove front gbox assembly and dis-assemble to components


And it looks like the propshaft could do with a tidy up as well

Man! This chassis looks in a very nice state. Not a lot of runs.

While the front end is soaking in various potions n lotions, time to strip the rear gbox assembly down to components

And then take electrics and remaining plastics off the tub

Rear end parts and tub etc off to the cleaning station(the sink ) and while everything is simmering away in the kitchen give the electrics a clean down with isopropyl
2hrs later and all parts are clean yayyyy

you are lucky the front upper deck supports aren't brocken. Be carefull to not tight these scrws too much.
Look at the state of the ally gear in the rear gearbox. And try ro replace it by a ta02 one if you want run it.
What is isopropyl?

stingray-63 wrote:

What is isopropyl?

Isopropyl alcohol, a great cleaner on electrical items, as it evaporates very quickly, and as a bonus you can also use it to thin down acrylic paint for airbrush work

Thanks a lot my friend.

goldfish999 wrote:

andyaus wrote:

Nice decal placement on the roof, Have you put something on the inside too to avoid them sagging in to the holes?

Never thought about saggage over time, nice work Andy , what would you suggest, cut a little disc of lexan out place in hole and drop a blob of shoe glue on it?

A little disc is a great idea and maybe use some body reinforcing tape to secure them

Time to rebuild her, I forgot to take any pics of the greasing and building stage haha Tho I did remember to replace the plastic internal bearings with steel ball races and the inner hub bearings, I didn’t have enough to hand to do the outers in steel