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To make the mixed and matched screws, nuts and whatnot into more of an ensemble :

That's all been fitted, pretty awesome. I'll take some pics later (before I get it all dirty again).

On wrote:

Also the red front uprights that were on it were pretty shot so that needed replacement :

I decided to go with a blue alloy upgrade :

Knuckles came from RC Damper... and they are now the weakest link in the chain.
Bearing tolerance on them is quite horrible. I even start to think they're GPMs that didn't make the cut.
So that'll be something to change (once more) in the future (not throwing any more cash at it for a while).

Before :



All new black chassis screws :



This was looking a bit messy :



Replaced all nuts with anodised alloy and just about all screws.
All the bits in the steering linkage as well - and added dust covers on the ball ends :



And some subtle aesthetic differences on the rear (just need some smaller rings) :

Front end was a mix and match :



Just a little nicer in every way (even the shock spacers) :



Fluorine ball ends, Tamiya king pins and dust covers for the steering, plus a black alloy nut for the servo horn :



King pins looked too shiny so I aged them a bit (fine sanding and caustic soda) :



Even the spacer is black now - and 0.5mm smaller to create some more room :



Left ball end was tightened after I saw this picture.
No more blue on blue or golden ball ends :



Not too shabby, we're actually getting there after a year or three :

are you going to run it?
if not WHY?!?!?!
if so YESS!!!!!!!!!! you need a vid

It had a moderately successful test run already.



Ready for the next.

Nice one! No problem with sand with the open brushed motor and with the axialgrease?

Definitely the most dirt gathered inside the wheel axles (dogbone side).
That's why I don't grease them to begin with...
Got a good clean with a brush altogether though. Shook out the rest (motor as well).

So I'm sure everybody has read every single thing that happened during the past seventy pages.
Anyway, I started out with this Hummer using both 70mm shocks rear and front...
Then I thought they were a little long in front and wanted to try 65mm.
Yeah Racing didn't have those so I bought a complete 60mm shock set - and used only two of them :



Now when I wanted to put the remaining pair of 60-70mm up for sale, I realised I had been a rookie earlier in this thread!
I could have avoided getting the shorter set (although they matched pretty well) altogether and just space out the shaft by 5mm.
Which is what I will be doing this time around (and raise the suspension a little) :



Recycled (slightly used and deanodised) parts....
Gonna add some TRF oil seals while I'm at it, since they are the same size.

Uuh, very Hard setup for the Hard terrain. Use soft Oil and Soft setup