RC10 Team car restoration

[MarkyDents]

It’s looking and coming together very nice, well worth the effort.

[JohnE]

Rebuilt the rear hub carriers, the bearings were pretty shot so I put new ones in. The dogbones were ok, a little bent and rusty so I straightened them out and painted them semi-gloss black.

One of the shock collars was missing, looked around for some original ones but ended up getting some 3D printed ones. When I say white they are white, I did the hydrogen peroxide trick on the rest of the hardware but the colors still don't match but it's close enough. Put new seals in the shock bodies and new oil and they were good to go.

[JosephS]

Skipped this picture of the nose plate after it was painted.

I decided to put stainless steel screws in this car since most of the ones on it were pretty rusty, plus I always thought they look really cool. The screw kit I bought came with stainless steel versions of the bigger screws that hold the suspension mounts on but they did sit total flush like the aluminum ones do so I left them in.

What kit did you buy that didn't sit flush?

[JosephS]

Rebuilt the rear hub carriers, the bearings were pretty shot so I put new ones in. The dogbones were ok, a little bent and rusty so I straightened them out and painted them semi-gloss black.

One of the shock collars was missing, looked around for some original ones but ended up getting some 3D printed ones. When I say white they are white, I did the hydrogen peroxide trick on the rest of the hardware but the colors still don't match but it's close enough. Put new seals in the shock bodies and new oil and they were good to go.

How do you straighten the universal joint axles ? I have a set of bent ones and couldn't figure that out.

[JohnE]

Skipped this picture of the nose plate after it was painted.

I decided to put stainless steel screws in this car since most of the ones on it were pretty rusty, plus I always thought they look really cool. The screw kit I bought came with stainless steel versions of the bigger screws that hold the suspension mounts on but they did sit total flush like the aluminum ones do so I left them in.

What kit did you buy that didn't sit flush?

The screws? I bought an RC Screwz set for the 'RC10'. The big ones stuck out the bottom of the chassis but the small 4-40 ones were all fine.

[JohnE]

Rebuilt the rear hub carriers, the bearings were pretty shot so I put new ones in. The dogbones were ok, a little bent and rusty so I straightened them out and painted them semi-gloss black.

One of the shock collars was missing, looked around for some original ones but ended up getting some 3D printed ones. When I say white they are white, I did the hydrogen peroxide trick on the rest of the hardware but the colors still don't match but it's close enough. Put new seals in the shock bodies and new oil and they were good to go.

How do you straighten the universal joint axles ? I have a set of bent ones and couldn't figure that out.

It's not that hard, I just put them in a big bench vise and taped them with a medium sized adjustable wrench. You will be surprised how easy they bend, if you hit with a hammer it would make it an L shape.

GIve it a few taps, take it out of the vice and spin it while looking down the driveshaft. You can see the bends.

[JohnE]

Put the rest of the rear end together, I ended up using some 3D printed rear arms which are copies of the Andy's arms which were out when I had my car. My plan all along was to make this car as much like the car I wanted back when i was racing, since I couldn't find original Andy's arms these went on. They look pretty good shape wise but the white was way too bright to match the rest of the car.

I ended up priming them with Tamiya white primer and spraying them a DuPont off white color I found a Home Depot that was made for patio furniture.

The rear tie-rods were a bit short so I used a white RPM one I had laying around, it looks pretty close but I put it on the inside so it's not so noticeable.

[juicedcoupe]

Skipped this picture of the nose plate after it was painted.

I decided to put stainless steel screws in this car since most of the ones on it were pretty rusty, plus I always thought they look really cool. The screw kit I bought came with stainless steel versions of the bigger screws that hold the suspension mounts on but they did sit total flush like the aluminum ones do so I left them in.

What kit did you buy that didn't sit flush?

The screws? I bought and RC Screwz set for the 'RC10'. The big ones stuck out the bottom of the chassis but the small 4-40 ones were all fine.

If you read around some, it is known that kit doesn't have the correct 8-32 screws. They include the common 82° screws instead of the correct 100° screws. An RC10 pan isn't thick enough for an 82°, 8-32 screw.

Team KnK has the correct ones. They have kits and packets of individual sizes.

If you don't care about color, the Custom Works 8-32 X 1/2 (blue aluminum) have the correct angle.

[JohnE]

Finished the front end

I ended up going with 3d printed front arms, the car came with black arms and black caster blocks. I wanted to go for the whole white look and couldn't find any original white arms so I went with 3d Printed ones, I painted them like the rears and the color is pretty close. I found some 25 degree caster blocks so those went on. The ball studs were ok, they just needed some cleaning up with wd-40. The ball cups were mostly in good shape so they went back on.

[JohnE]

Skipped this picture of the nose plate after it was painted.

I decided to put stainless steel screws in this car since most of the ones on it were pretty rusty, plus I always thought they look really cool. The screw kit I bought came with stainless steel versions of the bigger screws that hold the suspension mounts on but they did sit total flush like the aluminum ones do so I left them in.

What kit did you buy that didn't sit flush?

The screws? I bought and RC Screwz set for the 'RC10'. The big ones stuck out the bottom of the chassis but the small 4-40 ones were all fine.

If you read around some, it is known that kit doesn't have the correct 8-32 screws. They include the common 82° screws instead of the correct 100° screws. An RC10 pan isn't thick enough for an 82°, 8-32 screw.

Team KnK has the correct ones. They have kits and packets of individual sizes.

If you don't care about color, the Custom Works 8-32 X 1/2 (blue aluminum) have the correct angle.

Thanks for the info, I'll look into some of these options

[JohnE]

It’s looking and coming together very nice, well worth the effort.

Thank you, I am pretty happy with how it is coming along

[JohnE]

The car is mostly done so on to the electrics

I had a Novak T4 back in the day so I had to find one for this car, it didn't take too long to find a good working one on Ebay. I put a Race Prep connector for the battery on it and direct soldered the motor wires. For a receiver I found a Novak XXL that looks pretty cool and works fine with my Airtronics M8 radio that I still use. The Servo is a JR metal gear with a Kimbrough servo saver, I had an old titanium turnbuckle laying around and some black ball cups that were a perfect fit

[JohnE]

I was trying to find a Reedy motor from around that time and wasn't having much luck so I ended up cheating a little here. I found a knock off 17T double (I think) that had bearings and a black motor can. I found some replacement Reedy decals on MCI racing's website and decided to give them a try. I think the Reedy motors from back then that were 17T had a red label, plus I like red so I put one of those one, I doesn't look too bad. I put one some capacitor and it was good to go.

The stock gearcover was there but pretty shot so I put a new one on from BOKI, they make replacement bodies for a bunch of cars. This one is has a bit of grey tint like the stock one so I am pretty happy with it.stock

[JohnE]

Quick story with the tires, this came with the original white wheels, not sure of the exact size but the rears were a little smaller diameter than the fronts. I am pretty sure the fronts are 1.9". The wheels were a bit scratched up and had some paint on them so I wet sanded them down at bit and ended up spraying them with Tamiya white primer.

I wanted to keep the rims but put modern tires on them so I bought a set of Proline ribbed fronts and Schumacher carpet rears. To get them to fit on the rim I just a section out of the tire and glued them back together with tire glue.

[mikea96]

Fronts are 2.1 and rear are 2.0