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Setup looks very tidy on the front. Good camber angle too.

Edou wrote:

Setup looks very tidy on the front. Good camber angle too.

yeah seems to sit just right now its all bolted up properly. gotta sort out the spacers on the rear shocks now then cut out the body to fit........

does anyone have a vintage hilux and can measure the steering arm lengths for me please?
i found these on ebay and wonder if they would be the right lengths or be easy to adapt to fit.
thanks
www.ebay.co.uk/...500wt_1069

Tamiya surprisingly mentions the lengths of these in the manual :


Wish they always did that...

cool thanks Edou, they are way too long, i need one about 70mm. i could use the shorter middle one i suppose and cut it down and just bend the end into a hook shape to fit in the steering servo. or get a die nut and recut the thread to fit a ball joint on to fit on the servo

Why not have a look at the local hardware store if they sell the 3mm threaded steel?
If I'd thought ahead more, I would have sent you some. Got more than a meter here...



I've tried to make an original one shorter too (with the right bend) but you'll need some good tools for that. Tough stuff...

the standard hopper steering arms are 1.67mm diameter

off to the local rc car shop tomorrow, see if i cant match up some steering arms, or if not some stud bar and ball joints to make my own. fed up with trawling ebay.
also looking at some copper tube,about 6mm. i got a cunning plan for a rear bumper/gearbox protector

does any one know if the front arm mods make the front and rear wheels uneven?

vintagerc1988 wrote:

does any one know if the front arm mods make the front and rear wheels uneven?

Here's a picture with a Grasshopper that has Super Hornet arms on the left and a normal one on the right :


In this setup the rear is still a little wider than the front.
But with the Lunchbox axles also added (I think that's what agemax did) I suspect the front to be wider...
He'd have to confirm that though.

Assuming I understood the question correctly.

And welcome btw...