In Fed of 2017 I was given a RC10DS and asked to bring it back to life by a buddy of mine. No deadline, no rush....as payment i received an 1:8 scale Ofna buggy with pull start Hyper .21 engine and servos (no radio). The deal was sealed at a handshake.
DS Project car as received
Missing parts: Wheels, wheel bearings, Axle drive cups, dog bones, axle hubs, axle bearings, outer hinge pins, tie rods, servo mounts, slipper clutch, gear cover, front and rear stabilizer bars, and front shock end mounts. The rear bulkhead and battery cup have missing areas so those two items will be replaced.
I started by putting the aluminum parts through several applications of Easy-Off over cleaner in order to remove the black coating.
The engine mount needs a few more applications of Easy-Off
The gear box will be freshened up...the diff drive cup ends will be cleaned and polished
Some elbow grease and sand paper i polished up the engine mount, nose plate, nose tubes, and axle cups.
Check out the Diff now...BAM!!! Polished
Chassis polishing....B-Stamp.
Suspension mounts & Arm installed.
Rear bulkhead replaced and stainless steel hardware used throughout.
Front end bumper was replaced and stainless steel hardware used. Front stabilizer bars installed.
The nose tubes were polished up and the front end looks mighty clean in my opinion
Engine mount just got a new RPM gear cover
This photo is as far as ive gotten with the project.
Next on the agenda is cleaning and mounting the shocks, Installing the fixed gear hub (part #6562) to eliminate the slipper clutch, and adding the ESC/Motor combo.
Will update as soon as i make some progress....i got a few DS projects up my sleeve!
Let me know what you guys think of this project
