Ayk 566b super trail resto
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:50 am
I´ve always been fascinated by the looks of the gearbox on the 566b, so of course I had to have one. For racing, I´d pick the Scorpion over it anyday, but still a very cool and iconic buggy. The main issues with the 566b, now a days, are the price and parts - When You finally scrape enough money together to buy one of the cheapest, You end up with something that needs parts. Expensive, and in some cases, non existing parts.
The chassis rails was badly bend and the previous owner tried to fix it by fitting two aluminum plates beneth it. This resulted in many extra holes and half broken rails. After 18 months of searching on the bay, nothing had come up, so I bought some 6x6mm aluminum rods and copied the original rails.
The pivot axles for the lower front suspension arms had reached some fantastic angles which seemed unfit for use. First I thought that it was supposed to be like this, but after comparing with my newly purchased, good conditioned, 566 truck, they needed to be replaced. Unhardned steel rods would bend again, and learning how to harden them, wasn´t really on my list.
So I threaded some Savage 4mm hardened hinge pins I had laying around. Cutting thread in allready hardened steel isn´t the cleverest thing to do. Glad my tools were made before Thürmer outsourced to China.
Another problem is a broken upper front suspension arm - Welding is out of the question, so at the moment I´m doing tryouts with chemical metal.
The chassis rails was badly bend and the previous owner tried to fix it by fitting two aluminum plates beneth it. This resulted in many extra holes and half broken rails. After 18 months of searching on the bay, nothing had come up, so I bought some 6x6mm aluminum rods and copied the original rails.
The pivot axles for the lower front suspension arms had reached some fantastic angles which seemed unfit for use. First I thought that it was supposed to be like this, but after comparing with my newly purchased, good conditioned, 566 truck, they needed to be replaced. Unhardned steel rods would bend again, and learning how to harden them, wasn´t really on my list.
So I threaded some Savage 4mm hardened hinge pins I had laying around. Cutting thread in allready hardened steel isn´t the cleverest thing to do. Glad my tools were made before Thürmer outsourced to China.
Another problem is a broken upper front suspension arm - Welding is out of the question, so at the moment I´m doing tryouts with chemical metal.
. I'll let you know if I run across any more
So now I´m looking for a 7,265 mm delrin rod.