Twisster76

Hey all,

N00b here just getting into the hobby, I told my wife I wanted to get in on the RC hobby and she was crazy enough to get me a buggy for Christmas. It was a ready to run Team Associated RC10 B4.2 kit. Well it didn't take long after my introduction to driving to need to get involved in the tinkering side. As the result of a rookie mistake, I now have a cracked chassis, steering rack, and top plate. I have the replacement parts on the way and I'm planning on rebuilding this weekend. I also added an RPM bumper to go along with the factory replacement parts to hopefully spare me this misery again.

Anyhow, what advice do you have for someone who's about to do complete tear-down and rebuild for the first time?

Thanks!

TA RC10 B4.2 stock

EXT2Rob

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Take your time and pay attention. Have some good quality tools. Don't cheap out. The cheapos will strip out themselves or strip out the fasteners. Get some Losi or MIP tools. Or at least ones with replaceable tips. Good that you got an RPM bumper, that'll save you in the future. What did you hit?

Twisster76

Thanks for the input, I plan on hitting up the hobby store first to get the tools first. I hit the sidewalk curb in a parking lot, full-speed, head on, below freezing. It was about 60-70 yards away, I misjudged the space I had.

EXT2Rob

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D'OH!! 😫 Yeah, that'll do it. Cold temperatures make that flexible plastic brittle. We've all done it. Still sucks when it happens. Although you do get to know your car that way. 😉 Enjoy the build!

RustyUs

If you smacked something that hard to do carnage, I'd take a close look at any type of shafts/hinges for bent ones, i.e. inner arm hinge pins, and shock shafts. I say inner hinge pin, because I've never bent a kingpin, or outer hinge pin.

The Saylors

+1 on the mip tools, have them and love them! I also have the team associated multi tip tool which i take to the track with me since it's more compact than the mip set. Both are amazing sets and will last you for quite sometime and when they do wear out you can get replacement tips. Btw your wife has good instinct with car buying, she got you a pretty good little buggy! Welcome to the forum!