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Evening all,

I think I'm ready to embark on this adventure called RC10 rebuilding...I have collected most of what I think I'll need to get started on the rebuild of a gold A stamp Cadillac RC10 (suggestions or suggested changes always welcome!!). I am going to go with wide A arms, a Stealth tranny and JC Racing wheels for running. I'll prolly have a couple of bodies, though the first will be a Protech body with a bit of a surprise paint job. I've got a couple pics here of some of the pieces parts and progress I've made, now that I've finished another r/c project (documented in my blog, as this rebuild will be as well.)

The front end and wide A arms: I am a little curious about the front shocks...do I need longer ones than the stock units?

New Stealth trans: Stealth disassembled: JC Racing wheels: I also have MIP CVDs on order along with some miscellaneous screws/clips/etc.

Hopefully this week I'll be able to clean the nylon parts and then over the weekend do a peroxide bath soak for them.

Is there anything I'm missing? I've read about boiling the parts...should I do that?

Thanks.

-VRC

Hello, a A stamp chassis is not the best option for a stealth runner, you will have to drill it. The RC10 with short arms had .56 stroke shocks, the wide arms version had .71.

Thanks for the info on the shock lengths! I have a drill guide to drill out the chassis for the Stealth holes.

I am working in disassembling everything to clean, but it's been quite a while since I worked in one of these...does anyone have a suggestion on removing the roll pin from the top shaft in the Stealth? Thanks.

I grab them GENTLY with a pair of small side cutters. Works great but don't snip!

Ahhh, yeah, I hadn't thought of that...need to work up the gumption to try... I have a pair of small ones that should work nicely. Thanks gomachv!

Finally got everything disassembled so I could clean the nylon parts: Noticed that the shock ends on the rear shocks had a crack on them: Are replacements even available? Is the 'bay my friend here? I suppose I could wait until the re-re parts come out.

I now have a bin of nylon parts ready for a soak in simple green and a scrub with a toothbrush: Progress is slow for sure, but I'm getting closer to reassembly, so I'm pretty happy about that.

I have a pair of hard-anodized .71 shocks on the way for the wide front arms as well.

-VRC

The shock ends on the re-re look different. Ugly even. Yes, eBay is your friend. Easy to find with used shocks, not too hard to find new in bag but expensive.