3Racing Cactus Build

[DJR2096]

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!