my first ever rc12l rebuild

[jh1985]

this rc12l is the first i have ever owned a pan car. of course this one is a wreck. This will be a heavy pic thread on my progress.
Hears what it looked like as i recieved it and during disasembly.
















Im dying everything black and will have an update later today.

[Phin]

Hmm. Check the rear axle with a magnet to test if it's steel or titanium.

[jh1985]

and now need a few more thing. looks better.

[jh1985]

Hmm. Check the rear axle with a magnet to test if it's steel or titanium.

It is not magnetic...Good or bad. It also dont have a flat spot where the hub bolts on like the manual shows. its perfectly strait.

[Phin]

If it's not magnetic it's good...means it's Titanium.

[jh1985]

If it's not magnetic it's good...means it's Titanium.

is that hard to find? Ive never owned a pan car. dont know much. Im more off road type.

[Phin]

Stock RC12L rear axle was graphite with an aluminum diff end so the Ti one is an aftermarket piece sold by a couple of companies BITD. T&A Machining is the most common seen on eBay. Pre-RC12L AE 1/12 cars had steel axles which is why I said test it with a magnet.

Not super hard to find but a decent part to have. They're sturdier than the graphite but weigh more so suffer from more rotating mass. (Less than steel though.)

[rraeford]

I almost bid on that car. I needed the parts from it but found them elsewhere. What a transformation! Amazing what a bit of dye and polish will do. BTW, you have your front tires on backwards.

[jh1985]

I almost bid on that car. I needed the parts from it but found them elsewhere. What a transformation! Amazing what a bit of dye and polish will do. BTW, you have your front tires on backwards.

I thought i might lol. oops. I need a nylon washer for them anyways ill flip em when i get it. I think ill put a novak 410 and a camealon 19t i have and see what she will do. If i dont like it ill put it back on ebay.

Any idea what i need for foam tires. im having trouble finding info on that? and maybe any general newbie info for pan cars? I literally have never drove one.

[jh1985]

decided on electronics just gotta do a lot of soldering!!! Fixed the front tires too. was missing e-clips and washers.

[jh1985]

i think she is going up for sale. just dont have a place for it. just a bit more than i want to get into with all my offroad stuff.

[ChisaiKuso]

I kind of liked the pink.

[jh1985]

I kind of liked the pink.

lol some of it was red some was pink. 20 years of fading.

[jh1985]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171307943825

well its on ebay electronics included

[ChisaiKuso]

everything in the pictures is included nothing more nothing less.

So the empty bottle of Trinity oil goes with the car too?