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What medium did you blast the outdrives with? We used the aluminum oxide media that came with our Chinese knock-off of the Paasche Air Eraser. The real stuff is the Paasche AEX-6 aluminum oxide – fast cutting compound. How old is your son? My boy will be 4 in a few months. He loves my RC vehicles, ...

We got the shocks all mounted today:

And the truck as it currently sits:

We finally had the time to get the shocks all cleaned up:

And all put back together and ready to go on the truck:

I've done a few RC10's of all forms now... nothing beats spanking-white plastics on a black tub, visually speaking. This is the best looking combo of all!!! This will be one superb truck 8) Thanks, it's certainly fun to watch it come together. It's been years since my last build. sidenote - how peo...

We have not made too much progress lately as we are waiting for a few bits to arrive that I did not have in the parts bin. However, we did get the battery cup, antenna mount and rear arms installed: back_end6.jpg battery_cup.jpg I didn't have a decent set of hard anodized shocks so I fished a set ou...

The nylon nuts are from Essentra Components. The 8-32 ones are part number 0700832LN or 0700832SLN. The 4-40 ones are part number 0700440SLN or 0700440LN. I believe the difference between the two sets of part numbers is that the 's' variant is self-threaded. They are also listed as white instead of ...

Since the last update we have made a bit more progress on the back of the truck: back_end4.jpg back_end5.jpg I noted earlier in this thread that I couldn't find any decent white nylon 4-40 flanged nuts in my parts bin, and it seems they are no longer available from AE. However, I was able to source ...

We made some progress on the back of the truck yesterday:

I use the non-flanged bearings in the truck rear hubs. With the universals I usually run 1-2 spacers between the axle and the inner bearing so the pin is snug but doesn't inhibit free spinning. Thanks for the info. It turns out that I have lots of flanged bearings and spacers but no 1/4" beari...

I could use some input on the setup of the truck style hubs, as I can't seem to find a manual that includes them. I seem to remember that they do not use flanged bearings, is that correct? Also, what is the spacer/shim setup supposed to look like?

Today we got the front end all finished up:

And started on the rear arms:

There are different manuals for the different trucks. They call for different stuff, lol. Thanks for the info. I have been using the #7001 manual from the Associated web site as that is all that I have been able to find. Is there a copy of the newer team truck manual online anywhere? I have searche...

Today I noticed that the manual that we have been using calls for two 4-40 x 1/4" button head screws to hold the front body mounts to the mount brace. I have three sets of these mounts and braces in my parts bin, and all of them have 4-40 x 1/2 button head screws holding the mounts to the brace...

Last night we got the front end mounted to the chassis. Other than shocks, I think we just need to add a bumper and body mounts before we move onto the back end.

And yes, it bugs me that the inside corners of the arms are ground off. Somethings you cannot fix...

Today we got the bellcranks all cleaned up and ready to install on the chassis. The hardest part was finding two decent white nylon 4-40 nuts. bellcranks.jpg bellcranks2.jpg It seems that we are nearing the point were I need to break down and open the NIP b stamp chassis that I have been hoarding fo...