Build Thread Winter Maintenance

[Cranberry Juice]

Time to perform some winter maintenance magic on my Ruckus! This involves complete disassembly, cleaning everything, oiling bearings, replacing anything that may be broken, and then putting it all back together. I don't enjoy the cleaning part, but the finished result is a car that runs better and looks nicer.

 

[LowCountryCrawl]

Wow that Ruckus is used. I have a 2012 ruckus but I burned up the 15t motor and have not purchased another to put in.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Wow that Ruckus is used. I have a 2012 ruckus but I burned up the 15t motor and have not purchased another to put in.

Yeah, I have put it through hell. When I first got it I was uneducated and went through 2 motors and 3 NiMh batteries in 3 years. Thank the Lord for my local hobby store and their wealth of knowledge.

 

[LowCountryCrawl]

Is yours 4wd or 2wd?

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Where is the dirt?

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Where is the dirt?

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I usually spray it down after. This is just what I couldn't get out, or what is stuck in tight places.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Is yours 4wd or 2wd?

4wd.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

still clean enough for the women i date. id let it go another year.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

still clean enough for the women i date. id let it go another year.

Haha I don't know if that works for everything. One of my friends basically has a science experiment growing in his tires. They're wet and mushy.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Update: so far I have everything removed from the body, and I will be cleaning that today. I also have to disassemble the differentials, and buy oil for them. They also need grease for the housing. I've got a plastic bin that snaps shut for small parts, and my preferred tool set is iFixit.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Also, the stock tires don't have foam in them if you have the original version, although the V2 does. This means that my wheels are hollow, and are also good maracas because they're full of dirt.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Oh yay, need new wheel hexes as well. Good thing I have this comically large bag of assorted spare parts! Oh wait, that was my last set... Welp, money.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Got a few parts cleaned up yesterday, planning to clean the chassis today. Put new bearings in everything, and one of my diffs was shot so I resurrected it using parts from another broken one. New wheel hexes on the way, these ones will be metal. Also, these pictures were taken at 9pm because I was bored and didn't want to watch TV.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

We did it! I needed to reset my servo endpoints, so I just finished that up. Gonna try and find a time to hit the track for some practice. Praise be to @WickedFog and @Tunedfrog for saving my butt! (And my servo!) I will try to get a video of it on my YouTube channel soon. I'm also going to be building a few portable jumps.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

WOOHOO!!! Got some brand spanking new aluminum wheel hexes on the way! Don't mind the giant black blob covering the map and my mailing address.

 

[CertifiedMike]

The tires on this truck look like they would be great on a clay track! Def a good idea to ditch those plastic hexes! I got a LOT of play from them!

 

[Cranberry Juice]

It's Christmas every day! (The anticipation is killing me! )