Thanks man!
Well I have... could I say bad news?...
First "bad" news; I mounted the aluminum wheels in Goldie, I mean tighten the nut all the way in, something I have not done yet until last night. Well simply put, the wheels won't come out!!! Talk about tight clearances!!! I dont know if the hexes being new and the wheels being new has to do with it, but as I was tightening the nuts on each shaft I could feel the tight fit between the two. I tried VERY hard to pull them out and they wont even move, NOTHING. I tried pressing down the nut with the plastic part of a large the screwdriver while pulling on the outside of the wheel... NOTHING... they are there to stay now. SHI.....!
Anyways, will have to figure something out with a puller that will not damage neither the wheels nor the shaft.
And now the bad news;
The OT I picked up on ebay has to be the worst built Optima there is... hold on to your seat and read so you can enjoy my pain while I describe the damages LOL
The buggy looked normal upon first eye inspection, so I began to remove the wheels... bang!! First weird thing!!! The hexes where placed wrong side in and where embeded into the shaft with slight damage. As I pry them out with a flat screwdriver I also noticed that the buggy had no outside ball bearing, they where missing on all four corners, bang! Also one of the dogbones was missing and another was bent real bad and eaten almost all the way due to shaving into the c hub, so imagine the C hub's condition...Bang!
The rear shock stay was mounted with small fine thread screws, like the ones used to hold the steering!!! The shims that where supposed to be used on the wheel shafts where used instead as washers for the rear transmission screws!!! And the best for last.... plastic thread screws for holding the aluminum plates to the ladder bar chassis BANG!!!! SHI...
That is of what I remember, but I mean I could actually feel a small tear running down my cheek as I dismantled the buggy. There was no symmetry what so ever on the screw and nut selection, awfull build!!!
So to get the story right; Not only Junior crashed the OT into an immovable object full throttle down, but he ALSO build the buggy and dad only payed for it. Because of the missing dogbone and the condition of the eaten one, dad did not do nothing to avoid further damage he just watched junior beat the crap out of the OT until the OT just ceased to keep running!!!!! But I like junior, he build the buggy himself and played with it, that is how is supposed to be
Now I am going to take care of this war hero and restore him just right!