Building a Yokomo Mr4-bx

[B&H Racing]

I currently race 1/12th Oval and me and a few friends are looking at changing to join the merry band of 1/10th Off Road racers.

We have visited a local off road club and we are thinking about each buying bx's
I have only ever built 1/12th Mardave cars and they are pretty basic so i`m just after a guide to what tools to get to make the build easier.

What size allen keys, thread lock etc

and if there are anything I should do different to the manual.

Any help would be appreciated. thanks

[cabbynate]

As far as tools go: 1.5mm hex driver, 2mm hex driver, 5.5mm nut driver, 7mm nut driver and a small and large phillips screwdriver. The rest you should already have. Use the red loctite on the universal joint set screws and blue loctite on anything that goes into aluminum. That's about it mate.
Take a look at Jimmy's Review here.
You'll want the buggy's even more.........

[jimmy]

I can't honestly remember what the BX comes with in terms of tools. possibly basic allen keys but dont quote me on that, I don't even remember if it comes with a turnbuckle wrench ?!


Most of the screws are 2mm hex head screws as far as I remember, so a decent quality driver with a decent lenth to it - so you can easily reach stuff like the motor screws.

You'll definately need some threadlock since there is a lot of alloy on there, the rear UJ drive shafts in particular need a proper degreasing and threadlocking. I use the Tamiya stuff myself.

The car comes with plenty of grease but the shock oil and springs will need changing probably to suit your track

[jimmy]

^ He said it far better than I could

I have no red loctite so relied on brute force and good cleaning!

[B&H Racing]

Thanks for your help guys

Yes i`ve read Jimmy's great review and found it very informative.
I`m sure I will be referring to it frequently.

It only takes 20mins to build the cars I currently race so obviously these are gonna be a bit different.

We are gonna build these over xmas and race at January, currently the best price we can find if we buy 3 at the same time is £350 each.

If anyone knows of any better deals please let me know.

[ryan]

wings n wheels the place to buy everything

[jimmy]

If you are clubbing together to buy 3, then I think you'd get a decent discount at least, surely ?! Definately should in my book.

[Southwell]

Contact Apexmodels, they do them for £359 each, i bet buying 3 they would better £350.