My Optima Mid Rebuild

[zuki250]

So I just picked up this Optima Mid locally.....Every year there is a National Vintage RC car race...so I bought this to compete and have some fun...I will be going brushless and I heard The wheels from the Lazer zx-5 fit, so it will be getting some modern rubber also...so here goes...any suggestions you may have would be great!! I have a bunch of pics

The car was pretty clean and I was very happy when i picked it up

[zuki250]

Now it's time to take it apart...pretty dirty, but otherwise not bad




Time to take her apart

[zuki250]

Andddd more

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And yet another set





And how she sits now...i am going to clean everything, rebuild and lube what needs it and get it all back together

[zuki250]

Here is some bling

[zuki250]

Rebuilt teh diffs....they were so smooth, i thought they were ball diffs...the grease inside was like paste...so i soaked everything in simple green and scrubbed...relubed them with Mobil one synthetic grease...

Old nasty grease



New Happy Grease

[zuki250]

Here is my "Clean" pile...everything has been scrubbed, rebuilt, relubed, and rust removed where needed...i would have it back together if my bearings were here...I still have to buff all the hinge pins to make them nice and smooth

[zuki250]

So i got some stuff in the mail and got started rebuilding!!

My Bearings from Avid bearings...great company...got the revolution sheilded...also got my front tires...haha 16 dollar tires for 2.50 on ebay....


Also got this from my wife as a gift....I just need to find a technigold motor for it

[zuki250]

Ohh and the rebuilidng

[zuki250]

Here she is almost done

[zuki250]

And done except for the new wheels, motor and esc...I will be getting a new body for it eventually

[surgetek]

Awesome.

I'm jealous.

[aip47-2008]

Nicely done

[DennisM]

It´s always joyfull to see an Optima Mid getting the big tour.
Good job!

[Coelacanth]

Great job on the cleanup and polishing the parts, the resto is coming along nicely. The Optima Mid has tons of upgrade potential too, you can really "alumify" it if you want to go to town, from alloy rear arms & carriers, CVDs, alloy ball-raced bellcrank, alloy or titanium turnbuckles & tie rods, etc., etc. I share many of the aftermarket hop-up ideas I discovered that fit, in my OptiMutt project thread.