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Pulled my third 6s arrma out of the hoarder cave and gave it the whatnot. It was my first from scratch build and it showed 
i'm not too hard on my stuff but i do hose it off and let it air dry, which of course will wreak havoc on the screws.
First order of business was taking the front end off. I like to knock it out first since it's the most involved.. Found out the 2 usual issues i run into on other builds got me too. The small m3 screws in the front lower rear hinge pin block were stripped out, and one of the steering pillar bolts was too loctited in to get out. I ended up having to drill out the heads of the two m3 screws and use my vampliers and some heat to get the small ones out. I pulled the steering assembly and front end up and off and then used my channel locks and more heat to get the m4 screw out of the pillar.
Took the whole front end apart and cleaned out the diff/washed off the parts. Found the front diff pinion cup was loose and came right off so good catch there. Also found the front arms had the classic rpm arm bend to them. I looked in my stash and came across a brand new set of v4 kraton arms so on they went.
I did pull the m2c droop screws out of the rpm's and transferred them over to the new old arms.
Next up was diff servicing. Added a shim on the outside by the bearing to both sides and cleaned out the old fluid and refilled with 60k. Tekjo gaskets are awesome (not a sponsor but i need them to be ) and i replaced them while i was in there.
Put the pinion back in after checking the bearings and made sure to loctite the grub screw on the cup and put the diff back together checking mesh between the pinion and ring gear. The front felt good so back together the rest of the front went. I know when i cartwheeled 7 miles with this truck one of the pillow balls popped out so i wanted to swap the hubs out so the new owner won't have that issue happen due to me. It's on them if they do the same and it pops out on a new hub This truck has CRCU hinge pin blocks on it and a just bash it upper plate along with the m2c ackerman bar. The hinge pins weren't bent but were pretty rough from age and being ran hard and put up wet so new ones went in, and the bushings came out of the steering and bearings went in.
Apparently i can only upload 15 uploads per post.... I'll start a part 2.
i'm not too hard on my stuff but i do hose it off and let it air dry, which of course will wreak havoc on the screws.First order of business was taking the front end off. I like to knock it out first since it's the most involved.. Found out the 2 usual issues i run into on other builds got me too. The small m3 screws in the front lower rear hinge pin block were stripped out, and one of the steering pillar bolts was too loctited in to get out. I ended up having to drill out the heads of the two m3 screws and use my vampliers and some heat to get the small ones out. I pulled the steering assembly and front end up and off and then used my channel locks and more heat to get the m4 screw out of the pillar.
Took the whole front end apart and cleaned out the diff/washed off the parts. Found the front diff pinion cup was loose and came right off so good catch there. Also found the front arms had the classic rpm arm bend to them. I looked in my stash and came across a brand new set of v4 kraton arms so on they went.
I did pull the m2c droop screws out of the rpm's and transferred them over to the new old arms.
Next up was diff servicing. Added a shim on the outside by the bearing to both sides and cleaned out the old fluid and refilled with 60k. Tekjo gaskets are awesome (not a sponsor but i need them to be
) and i replaced them while i was in there.Put the pinion back in after checking the bearings and made sure to loctite the grub screw on the cup and put the diff back together checking mesh between the pinion and ring gear. The front felt good so back together the rest of the front went. I know when i cartwheeled 7 miles with this truck one of the pillow balls popped out so i wanted to swap the hubs out so the new owner won't have that issue happen due to me. It's on them if they do the same and it pops out on a new hub
This truck has CRCU hinge pin blocks on it and a just bash it upper plate along with the m2c ackerman bar. The hinge pins weren't bent but were pretty rough from age and being ran hard and put up wet so new ones went in, and the bushings came out of the steering and bearings went in.Apparently i can only upload 15 uploads per post.... I'll start a part 2.
what a nice rebuild!!
for the next person?
