Popular Post Crazy L Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 Hi chaps Bought a Big Brute off an auction site just after xmas., and have done a few things to it to get it back up and going. It showed up like this though: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 Then I started to strip the paint from the original shell. I used Carson paint killer, and it took a whole bottle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshireman Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Keep going mate! More pictures as & when 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 John Booth. I'm a bit further on than this now and I'not raken a lot of pics, but will document it a bit more this weekend in regards to what I've done since. Stay tuned 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Having owned a Big Brute as my first RC kit car when I was 12 (saved up all my present and pocket money for a year) I remember the wheel adaptors being a tad fragile. They used to break into two after a fashion. Probably down to some tolerance issue making it easy to slightly over tighten the wheel nuts or something. So with that in mind, I made these. the plastic ones on this one are all still in one piece, so I thought I'd bypass that issue before I get to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crazy L Posted August 19, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2021 Obviously, being a car from 1989, I kind of expected some bits to be a bit shoddy. As it happened, the battery tray had a lug broken off, meaning that one of the end caps could not be attached, thus making the battery prone to sliding out of one side. So not ideal. Also, I don't have any rounded packs, those are long gone. I only have square cased lipos now. Soooooooo...... I created this. I machined it to keep the same closing method as the OE part, but also, I sized it so I can fit a 6500mah pack in there. Let me know what you think chaps. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Next up, was the transmission. I don't have any photos of that in bits but I ballraced it, and I mean I ballraced the lot. Sized up the bushings and went in search for bearings. So diff and reduction gear are smooth now. I also cleaned all the manky old grease off and re lubed them with something more modern. The last thing I did to the tranny was chuck the poo brass pinion in the bin and purchase a nice machined steel pinion from RW Racing. That should see things last a little longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 As can be seen from the pic in the first post, there is a rear motor guard in place of the front bumper. It came with a front bumper, but it looked like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Also, two of the mounting bosses for the front bumper were snapped off but included. So I cleaned them off, then glued them on with Loctite 3090, and let it cure for a day or 2. As you might be able to see, I also reinforced around the other bosses with Loctite, just to add a little something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 Any opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 You've probably all seen it by now, but here's the latest on the Big Brute, lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James.S Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Haha, that was fantastic mate, really enjoyed that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 Glad you like it. I'm really pleased with it. I don't often get to do different stuff, but when the idea came to me, I knew I had to commit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Upgrade time: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Seems quite a tidy upgrade - I’m sure the standard shocks are why mine Brute kept spitting out dogbones (nothing to do with teenage me ragging it!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 A few pictures of my old one I moved on earlier this year after struggling to replace the tyres, it always seemed fragile compared to my mates Tamiya’s but it looked the bollocks 30+ years ago 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 ...and there's me thinking I was on my own in having a Big Brute in this day and age. I'm thinking of getting some wintergreen to try and renovate my tyres a little, in the way of suppleness or something. They are still in good shape with no signs of perishing yet. Loving the Brute again. Took it out last friday and the shocks made a hell of a difference. I know it's never gonna be anything but, but I enjoy doing things to improve older cars, even if it's just the tiniest thing. In fact, Just got rid of that hideous toe out the back end does when the suspension is compressed, It now retains it's toe in instead. How? I swapped the hubs over, and as such, moved the wishbone shock mounting to the rear of the top wishbone, instead of the front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy L Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 I can't believe you still have a mechanical speedo in that. I remember the ceramic on mine crumbling away. Period or not, I wouldn't be using one of those, I spent too long looking at ads in mags dreaming about having an esc to warrant going back, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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