ohhh, that's what they're for!!

I was going to put the lathe to some use...

BTW Scott - toe, not tow

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What ever! (Ta)

Spaced needed is also dependent on which hole you have the ball on the steering block, and the height of the ball. I set mine up to match the plastic steering blocks I was using. Others seem to run different setups. Chuck spacers in and change them as needed.

Are you away from the fires?

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I've never run one there-i just leave the gap to the thread!

I shim the lower hinge pins though to stop the fore/aft play and the axles (mainly the rear) to stop the in and out movement.

I think that's all I shim though!

I found some suitable washers and put them in which took the gaps from ~2mm each side to 1.75mm - does seem to make a difference

shimming the lower pins should be a good idea to remove caster changes



Yeah, we're away from where a fire front would come - we're about 2km from that edge of town, and where they're fighting it is a few k's further out. I could see flames from the freeway on my way home from work yesterday and a lot of smoke blowing west, there was almost no smoke this morning but I saw a fire truck headed up a track towards it with it's lights on. On my way home there was a bit more smoke, and the water bomb helicopter buzzing around, but there didn't seem to be too much going on.

There's not a lot of smoke around, very windy though. My friend lives right on the edge of town where it'd come to, so he's taken his family to a hotel for the night - if it came over his hill he'd be about stuffed

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I've gone a bit sports sedan with it.... the front spoiler was trashed so I cut it off

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Hey l bought a kit yesterday for $200 in sydney unfortunately they supplied the wrong size bearings so l have done a order with rc mart. I have a couple of questions

I bought this diff, a comment was made to use 300000 type oil, l have purchased that grade oil, is that alright?

http://www.rcmart.com/3racing-m0606-gea ... =1102_1106

I want to upgrade the shocks are these decent?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tamiya-84318 ... 2a32ca8602


I had a tg10 mini years ago and unfortunately it died l can't believe how smal the m05 is ha

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yeah, but would have been cheaper to get them via rcmart! (but then, would have been cheaper to get the kit from there too )



do you still have any of it? mine is in pieces with various bits broken

here's the 'essentials' shopping list I put together from here and asking questions... TA03 ball diff not included as you've bought the other sort

54177 aluminium front upright
54193 aluminium steering post set
54191 M-05 racing steering set
54192 m-05 steering link
54236 front alloy damper stay
54000 TRF shocks

#M03-02W wheels set http://www.rcmart.com/cross-m0302w-5spo ... ath=35_898
#SMI-S tyre inserts http://www.rcmart.com/sweep-smis-mini-m ... th=35_1378
#PS-0435 rear tyres http://www.rcmart.com/shimizu-racing-ps ... th=35_1386
#3035 front tyres http://www.rcmart.com/ride-3035-mini-be ... th=35_1386

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buy some tyre glue as well, and the damper set doesn't come with oil, so get some 350 and 500 CST oil (ignore WT specifications, they're not consistent)

rcmart has a combo deal! http://www.rcmart.com/combo-yeah-racing ... th=389_391

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AND the aluminium front uprights need 1050 bearings, not 1150! GRRR!!!!

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Board this arvo and decided to crack on with the body work whilst l wait for my parts to arrive from hk.

Happy with the result, it was fun to do this, last time was maybe 12 years ago

Gunmetal grey
Pearl white
Bright silver

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Looks great!

Is that tamiya paint Dave?

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Yep all 3 colours are Tamiya

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No unfortunately l remember mine having a throttle jam and it met its fate with a concrete gutter, l couldnt seem to get access to spares so it ended up in the bin

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