Got my dyed parts put back on the front.. all black looks cool. I ran into trouble on the rear hubs, they didn't fit. I thought they were a direct replacement but I guess not? Well I forced them into submission anyways with sandpaper, razors, and finally, a big honking drill.
Looks pretty tough to me.
Those are blue though- the B3 shock mounts..
I guess all black would be keeping with the "all black late RC10 CE theme" anyways.
I'm still amazed how well that Rit dye works. I wonder if I weakened my parts by having them in there for several minutes though?
So here are the 0 degree hubs I was trying to use.. (got some new roll pins too)
-and going to use some new bearings..
But what have we here? Hmm... that's not right.
Yeah, that's not going to work.
...after some sanding..
Nope.. still not gonna work.
After yet more sanding..
I guess i will have to keep freaking sanding..
So I already sanded a lot..
Now I can get a roll pin in there with a spring washer..
And on the back it is fine.. but not even room for a spacer (shim)
All good I guess..
After some more sanding on the other side (like 15 min worth), and several test fittings taking roll pin out every time..
Strange that is wasn't a direct fit though.
All finished up- both sides..
Using a couple of nuts to get the shocks more straight up and down.
So w/ motor or batt or wheels... it weighs 888.4g. Is that heavy? Light? I dunno.
So before installing the wheels I made an RC10 rear wheel balancer out of spare parts. I had an old worn out CVA shaft that I tore apart to use as the axle..
Used a bunch of Silicone to balance wheels.. (have some vids ready to edit testing the ballooning of tires on the balancer)
This one is just a blob of silicone..
This one has some tiny lock washers embedded in silicone for weight..
So I go to install wheels and guess what? When I tighten the nut down on the wheel even a little... it causes drag on the bearing.
I realize this is because the bearing is resting on a ridge inside the hub because I had to sand so much material off of where the outside bearing race sits. Also the JCracing wheels have always seemed wobbly compared to stock wheels and even my HPI superstar wheels, unless I tighten them down quite a bit more than I want to..
I discover that the roll pin floats around a lot more in the JCRacing wheels than the stock wheels. It also sits a lot deeper down in the wheel.
So either way it has to come back apart.. I have to get that bearing sitting down in the hub better. After about 20 min with various hobby knifes and razors..
It ain't working..
Trying to cut down that ridge without destroying the surface the bearing sits on is almost impossible.
Then I remembered I have a drill bit that size.. Wished I would have thought of that before.
Perfect!
Before there was a small space between bearing flange and surface (didn't get a pic of it)
Ahh.. but there are still slight issues.. now the bearing is slightly wobbly on one side of one hub (I only drilled one hub sop far). I need to buy new hubs, or just use old 1.5 degree hubs, or resurface inside of hubs with thick CA or epoxy or something, and then re-drill. I don't think it was the drilling, but hacking that ridge with the razor before I did it the easy way with the drill that made the bearings fit a little loose on one side.
Both sets of wheels fit perfectly otherwise. I had to sand down the inside hub of the JCRacing wheels a tad for them to fit right without having to be tightened down so much.
I'm not sure why all the sanding and drilling is needed in the first place though.. It is these hubs that I bought (below). They should fit perfectly, but they are way too wide.. then when sanded down to fit, there is a ridge inside that hits the inside bearing race that needs to be drilled out! I don't get it.
I'm not even sure why that ridge is there either. Oh well..
I ended up ordering some new rear shock bodies after talking to e-bay-er who sold me defective set. We ended up coming to conclusion that you can't buy just one.. so I ordered a new set and I think he's gonna reimburse me with a partial refund which is cool.. I found a set for $17 at "hopmeup" on ebay (bought from them before) Fee shipping, no tax. Should get them soon.
-edit-
Oh and I got these too..
This should be fun!
I am using these now..
Just got a good deal on this one.