Tecnacraft Turnbuckles from Hong Kong.

[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.

[Charlie don't surf]

Those sound like the HD link set, that use the grey RPM ends

[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.

[GoMachV]

Yes

[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.

[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.

[GoMachV]

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.

Just like Lunsford, they started with 4-40 but evolved into heavy duty.

[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.

[Charlie don't surf]

Just use them with the rocket city ends, it is 100% period correct and was very common

[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.