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Well guys & gels, My 3Racing Cactus is here from RC Mart & I think I'll do a build thread to go along with it
![]() I looked at many. many kits for a 1/10 2WD buggy: Intech, Team Durango, Team C, Atomic & so on for my first new build of a 1/10 buggy since 1989! ![]() Its a great bit of kit for the money, & I was surprised with the quality of the kit parts! It even comes with a set of AKA tyres too ![]() ![]() I'll be running the HPI Flux Pro ESC & Motor in it (Thanks to Adrenaline models for that), Spektrum SR3100 receiver & a Power HD 1206TG sevo in the front for steering! And so on with the build we go ![]() ![]() Bag 1 is always a good place to start! ![]() Chassis, front end, rear pin holders & steering bits! ![]() Yep nice set of bearing with the kit! Now is that what I think it is? ![]() Yes it is ![]() Kit come with anodised pink parts. As nice as the anodising is................it's gotta go. off to the caustic soda it is! I hate pink or purple anodising! ![]() Da composite main chassis! All nice & clean out of the box! ![]() Bet the bottom of it won't look like that soon! ![]() Front end of the chassis is held on with 4x M3 lock nuts & 4x M3x8 flat head screws. ![]() Screws secure from the bottom. ![]() 10 mins & some caustic soda later & that rubbish pink is gone. Hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() You only want the larger of the alli parts, 4x M3x8 scres & a 0.5mm & 1.0mm suspension mount RF spacers. The RF spacers sit under the pin holder. ![]() And screw in to the allow from the bottom. As it's metal to metal I used a little blue threadlock just to be safe. ![]() ![]() And there we have the chassis up to now! ![]() Time to start getting the steering rack build. These parts came on a tree. So snip them off & give em a trim with a knife & start the build with screwing in the 4.8 ball studs. ![]() Just like that! ![]() & one ball stud in the left steering arm & push the M5x8x2.5 bearing in both the left & right steering arms. ![]() Place a 3.02 shim on one of the M3x12. Do two of these! ![]() Place two M5.7x5.5 bushings in the steering link. One in each side of the. ![]() Push ya screws through aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.......... ![]() Screw down you steering arms to the link! Job done!! ![]() Now to mount it to the steering to the chassis using two M3.18 button head screws, two M5.02 shims & two M8.9.2 steering posts. ![]() posts, shims & screw go like that! ![]() And you should end up with it looking like that. Check for binding & unscrew until till its gone! |
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