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Don't have a RM (of any age) myself but I did notice the vintage car has a 5mm axle while the RM-01 uses 6mm. So that would have to fit through the hole in the gearcase at least (and a 1060 instead of 1050 bearing should be used)... Edit - I reckon you mean a rear axle and diff parts transplant because the gearcase itself won't fit. |
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Yes, exactly. The complete rear axle, diff and wheels using the original rear housing. Looks like it might be worth a try. I'll update once I find all the parts needed. |
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Yes, please report back if it works because a definite answer would be great to know.
I suspect both gearcases have the same width (might be worth trying to verify though), as well as length of the axle. The latter I think because the bodies have the same width. Besides that, My guess would be you could match the bits. |
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And yes... they did do the offset thing like on the F chassis cars. An early chassis plate looks symmetrical :
An RM-01 lower brace has an offset (to center the motor) : That means you'll run into some trouble with left and right spacing... A challenge I would like to figure out myself as well though. |
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Not just some trouble... looked a little more and don't really see how you can make that work. Biggest issue is that the spur will not be in the right place. And/or the motor axle won't be long enough. On Group Cs and F cars there's a work around for the difference in offset because the gearcases are mostly identical... |
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Thank you so much - you just saved me about $100 in parts I would never use. Looks like I'm back of the hunt for the old vintage parts. At least I can use the wheels |
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Glad you didn't order any parts on account of my earlier post.
The rear lower brace of the RM-01 looked very symmetrical in the perspective of the manual... A good alternative for a rear axle would be to make one yourself. Could even be carbon if you like (don't inhale the dust though). |
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