17/2/2021 ya huuu i buy another use units RC from seremban, buy for only Rm100. Today see this advertising in Facebook, a new saler, he sale for Rm100 condition no electrical parts, front bumper. Look like HY vantex, mantex or HL. When China came out few cheep clone from Tamiya, X Ray or kyosho RC in 2008, I am not interested to own it, because low quality every time look at them play always parts loose or break. Mostly for drifting. That year onwards every player buy RM300++, talk and modified. Other branded RC is expensive. This time, it sale cheap then i started to own it, is a nostalgia RC.
Meet up in Myidin Mall and have some conversation about this rc. Go back slowly investigate, this product from Heng Long or HL518 driff 2012. Made In China. Is a clone Tamiya TRF416
This my 33 units RC own. Same concept not going to run it, only for collection. Parts still can buy in nilai 3 rc shop or lazada not many.
Start bloog = 18/2/2021
Last up date bloog = 4/1/2023
Sum for spareparts = Rm101.80
2012 - 2023 = 11 Years
Made in China 🇨🇳
Found few fault in this units.
1. No battery holder
2. The motor mount missing
3. Top motor mount bracket missing
4. Missing 1 pcs ball bearing for main gear
5. Maint gear worn off.
6. Center belt tensioner bearing missing
7. Rhs rear wheel hub damage.
8. Dirty with sand after parts remove
9. Shock absorber oil dirty, smell like engine oil.
10. Front bumper and form missing
11. Chassis bottom scratch not heavy
12. No electrical parts
13. Main gear with a heavy rusty clip
14. Axle drive shaft seat damage
15. No front body post
16. No battery holder post
17. Rear diff axle ball bearing 3 pcs wrong fitted
18. Front axle holder bracket rhs wrong parts, tamiya 416.
19. 3 pcs front suspension rod ball end using plastic, Ori metal.
20. Few pcs linkages plastic ball end cup damage
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| Found the box in nilai 3 rc shop. |
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| Two types of rc brush and brushless |
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| Side view |
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| Back view |
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| Put Inside the box |
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| The original image |
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| Not my front view |
showing condition my car, before dismantle, cleaning and repairing.
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| Given in this condition, it for drifting |
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| No front bumper, servo not installed, rear wheel not installed and no electrical parts. |
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| Side view the battery area |
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| Rear view |
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| Front view |
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| Bottom chassis scratch normal |
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| Rear carbon fibre shock tower |
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| Rear maint gear damage and axle gear ok |
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| Bealting look nice both pcs |
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| Front suspension |
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| The battery location no holder. |
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| Steering Servo screw back on it location |
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| Servo not sure what brand |
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| All the 4 shock absorber in good condition but fully adjust may be low of oil. |
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| With front stabilizer bar, with aluminium shock mounting |
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| rear stabilizer bar |
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| All 4 pcs driff wheels. |
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| The motor mounting, gear bearing, top plate missing. |
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| The suspension arm. Damage few linkage ball end cup |
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| With aluminium post |
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| Steering arm |
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| Axle Plastic gear and bealting in good condition |
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| Front axle gear ok |
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| Given a servo still function but don't now what brand |
Below picture starting to remove parts
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| Rear hub damage, Aluminium wheels hex 2mm |
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| All wheels with ball bearing |
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| All drive shaft using UJ |
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| The rear hub very small, dirty with sand. |
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| Front no bumper |
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| No damage yet plastic parts |
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| Front steering knuckle no damage lhs/rhs |
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| All UJ end still with the plastic c cup, small damage |
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| Damage plastic linkage cup, few more just scratch |
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| Maint gear almost damage but side gear ok. Missing one bearing |
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| Other side with rusty clip |
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| Side gear still ok |
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| The centre belt tensioner bearing missing. |
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| Steering set there no spring for over lock when turn steering, that can damage the servo. Even on servo horn not the spring type. |
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| Simple steering with ball bearing |
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| Steering arm in good condition |
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| With ball end both side, |
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| Both end with ball end. Other rc car just the pin only |
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| For front 3 pcs metal ball end missing, using plastic ball end |
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| Front axle mounting |
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| The top stoper bracket rhs to hold the axle fitted wrong parts it from tamiya 416. |
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| Front axle one way no ball bearing |
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| Rear axle with ball bearing |
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| Still clean |
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| Arrow show 3 of the ball fitted on the inside hold. Ori is all out side hold. The 3 hold is screw hold when using one way axle . Photo is redo back the correct position. |
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| Rear axle |
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| Gear ok with ball bearing |
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| Damage shaft seat, bearing can come out, the bump surface must flailing |
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| Bearing can remove |
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| All parts remove |
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| Shock absorber still nice and clean from oil |
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| Oil still full |
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| Piston up and the oil is dark brown |
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| Poor all oil, dirty. But when i smell the oil like car engine oil. Not damper oil. |
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| All remove, rubber cup ok, the piston with 3 hole soft. |
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| Belt |
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| UJ all wheels no damage, only the c cup some damage |
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| The axle and drive gear |
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| All the screw will be cleaned |
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| Sock it in detergent |
Next is after clean and assembly. No assembly manual when fix the parts in. If not sure just from photo i snap. Luckly when i buy the loose parts in nilai 3 some time i got many type of rc parts. Xray T3 2011 assembly manual as reference almost same.
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| The clean parts |
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| Rear section first, slowly study the assembly mated without manual. |
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| Rear axle suspension mounting i got a loose aluminium parts. Replace the plastic. |
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| I have set of rear hub from HY vantex, nicely fit to the arm, no need to use washer |
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| Shock tower and stabilizer bar |
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| Done rear suspension |
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| Just clean the stain and change the heavy rusty lock pin. |
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| 105T not eazy to get, there a gear same screw seat but center hole bigger, can use but need some modifications. |
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| Only the motor mounting, already order from sarawak. Bearing try use nornal and the top bracket holder need do DIY. |
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| Done a DIY plate, will do it when the motor mounting reach. |
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| Rhs view, need to diy same holder bracket for rhs |
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| Front axle |
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| Suspension arm in |
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| Change 3 pcs plastic ball end to metal, buy loose parts |
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| Steering hub |
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| Stabilizer bar in |
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| All fix . Front shock tower. Bumper order from sarawak on the way |
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| View from inside front section |
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| Steering linkages, not using spring for safety to servo. |
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| Steering no spring so i change using tensioner servo horn. Rhs what use. |
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| The battery corner stoper fix. |
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| Battery in nicely fit. |
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| Loose aluminium parts a post and the lock key for battery holder bracket. The battery holder will find in nilai 3 soon. |
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| Loose parts a belt tensioner post, just use the bearing only |
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| Done cleaning and assembly, some parts is order. The clean chassis and parts |
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| Side view |
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| Rear view |
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| Top view |
8/3/2021 2 parts reach the front bumper and motor mount after waiting for 3 week, problem from pos lost my thing, but found it.
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| The rear shock tower from graphite back to aluminium. Found in rc shop in nilai3. Buy in loose parts. |
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| Rear view |
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| The motor mount bracket buy from sarawak |
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| Front bumper buy from sarawak, the form buy loose parts in nilai 3 |
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| Only this plate i found, it from HY. Original is plastic with A HL logo at center. Not match then end hole i make it bigger. |
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| With battery |
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| DiY a bracket to hole the ball bearing, can't find it at rc shop in nilai. At end i bent the bracket so that the bearing won't come out. |
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| As long it can hole the bearing |
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| Put in the LRP esc and using back the kyosho brush motor. Test all runing good. |
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| No vibrate on the Diy bracket. |
Done all, all parts in good condition, another famous driff collection on that era. The body i use the damage Honda.
To make it classics look where brush motor been use. I change the receiver to original HL Am , ESC same but this esc have forward no reverse, motor brush and ori heatsink. Another modification is the rear belt, i add a tension post.
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| Use brush system and AM receiver |
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| 27 am receiver |
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| HL 320A ESC forward no reverse. |
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| A brush motor and original heatsink |
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| Rear belt too loose |
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| Add a belt tensioner post . |
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| On 19/9/2021, DiY a battery holder from a thick cutting board. The red holder is for HY mantex. |
Next coming soon (Enjoy RC)
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