RC57. My Memory Having RC Car. My No 34 RC. HSP Tornado 94083 1/8 Nitro monster truck 2004

18/2/2021, Buy another seconhand 1/8 nitro monster truck for rm150 + extra parts. HSP 1/8 Tornado Monster truck 94083 2004. First introduce in 2004 then improve in 3 stage. I thing my is the last batch. My first 1/8 RC.This truck use condition but not much damage in parts, also not dirty with oil stain, left in stor for loose parts, with both shock tower bending maybe overturn heavily maybe damage the engine. Bottom chassis no heavy scratch. After slowly investigate this monster have a big accident the rear both shock top cap with heavy scratch, body post rear also scratch, rear lhs damper oil leak and loose found out broken bottom o ring cap..

Start bloog = 18/2/2021

Last up date bloog = 4/1/2023

Sum for spareparts = Rm107.67

2004 - 2024 = 20 Years

Made in China (🇨🇳)

There is no assembly manual, another challenge for me, just use photo as guide line. Start 23/2/2021 Finish 25/2/2021

The fault i found

1. With fuel tank cap missing because tank cap mounting damage.

2. No servo for engine acc.

3. Front and rear shock tower bend

4. No body shell

5. No electrical parts

6. No 21 engine.

7. Servo horn missing for acc

8. Exhaust dented at bottom

9. Rear lhs tyre rubber torn

10. Front lhs/Rear rhs rim crack

11. 3 pcs tyre not properly glue on rim. All sand enter the tyre.

12. All drive shaft rusty

13. Rear lhs damper oil leak, damper bottom o ring cap broken.

14. Rear rhs 2 stone stuck on suspension pin, rub on drive cup.

15. Steering servo head loose

16. Steering arm very Steve, very heavy turn to lhs/rhs found out both lhs/rhs steering hub too tight on ball end, that damage the servo drive head.

17. Rear dogbone both end no o ring to prevent knocking sound.

18. Lhs/rhs steering hub inside deep scratch.

19. Lhs /rhs the bottom ball end screw too long, will touch UJ.

20. Steering arm no ball bearing using copper bushing.

21. Front and rear axle drive gear no greese, still continue drive will wornoff the gear.

22. Front bottom steering arm lhs/rhs chip off body.

23. Front no sway bar only rear.

24. Steering hub ball bearing very hard to remove. After hammer.and knocking can be remove.

25. All suspension hub ball bearing full of dirt and sand. After remove i turn there sand inside.

26. Front and rear center propeller shaft end no o ring to prevent kocking sound.

27. Front and rear axle housing bottom screw too long damage it.

28. The steering housing two rod can't be remove screw too tight at bottom.

29. Front bumper lhs inside damage

30. Rear damper lhs/rhs top mounting body heavy scratch.

31. No engine mounting

I use this jeep Cherokee body from my first HSP Brontosaurus. This body is bigger match this 1/8 chassis

The original RC nitro image

Without body

Picture taken at Shop

From shop not much parts missing

Top view

Least scratch

Loose parts

Speed box from a damage HSP truggy in loose parts

Parts loose from a damage HSP truggy

Open from a damage HSP truggy

Next is picture for parts in this monster truck and some loose parts that for this truck.

A 2.4ghz remote EX3s, i put in battery test still can on. According to the shop owner this remote faulty. After check can bind but not function in drive and steering.

Top display still ok

Same size Fuel tank from a HSP nitro truggy. My monster truck fuel cap damage 125cc.

Bottom view

My monster truck tune pipe heavy damage dented at the outlet pipe. So i open this hsp truggy unit look nice

Two parts from the damage truggy i open, single speed gear and linkage for brake.

The Single drive gear still ok no damage found, soon will open to clean and checking.

With 4 brake pad. Gear still ok

The brake linkage. My monster truck didn't have

Servo open from the hsp truggy for my monster truck the acc servo missing.

A battery holder for receiver

A stabilizer bar

From top view. Parts still intake only missing few,

Missing acc servo and servo horn

Receiver box, nice switch still function

Cover no damage, internal clean

Two pcs rim crack front lhs and rear rhs.

Rear rhs rim crack superglue

Tyre trade still thick

Rear lhs rubber tyre torn

Large nut i didn't have the tools size.

Front suspension, no missing parts

Absober and body tower separately. Some rc the shock stay use togather with body post.

Front suspention arm

Front drive shaft using UJ

Front suspension bottom view

Front shock tower bend heavy

The front suspension with damage shock tower

The steering servo not tested yet it function.

Missing acceleration servo and servo horn

The brake system using 4 break pad

Use double brake

The single drive gear still ok

The fuel tank, missing cap because the cap seat damage

Side view

Broken cap seat

The Engine location, need to use engine mounting. The area very clean. Mean this monster use not for long, after accident sent in shop for repair then forgate.

Rear propeller shaft

Front propeller shaft

The blue bar to hold the rear shock post

Front also have a blue bar to hold the front shock tower

Steering linkages in good condition

Rear suspension

Rear suspension arm

Rear shock stay and body post

Rear hub using dogbone

Rear shock tower bend

Bend rhs rear shock tower. Not buying new but will flatten it back.

Rear stabilizer bar

Rear suspension arm bottom view

Rear lhs damper oil leak, very loose rod

Leak because bottom oil ring cap broken.

Cap top cover broken due to rear section have a big accident.

Both rear damper top cover with heavy scrstch

3 pcs tyre not proper glue on rim

2 stone stuck at rear lhs suspension pin and rub on the drive cup

All 4 pcs drive shaft rusty

Remove don't now what brand, metal body

The steering servo gear head loose,

After remove servo top cover, with dark and dry greese. Gear all ok

The coper bushing seat with sand mix with greese

The gear head using copper bushing worn off.

Even bottom no ball bearing, i have no size so didn't change.

Only top bushing i change ball bearing

Clean up and regreese. No more gear head loose

All regreese, this servo for acceleration.

Rear both body post heavy scratch

Rear dogbone both end no o ring,

Remove the damage tank rhs, same only different lhs tank with fuel hose holder.

Under the fuel tank full of sand and dirt

This steering is heavy, i thing all the moving arm or bearing dirty with sand or dirt. That why damage the steering servo.

Time to remove parts to check more damage parts or fault.

Center propeller shaft front longer then rear each end have no o ring

Lhs buy loose, rhs from this monster. Condition lhs more scratch on parts.

Steering arm not using ball bearing

Found out the problem why steering is heavy and damage the servo head . The lhs and rhs steering hub ball end really dry, hard to turn full lock.

Rear suspension remove all the shock and body post.

This thick metal shock stay can bend like this mean this monster have a very big tumbling around. The tower i just hammer back no need to change new

Dog bone rusty

Full of dirt on drive bearing

Rear sway bar

The stone really stuck, rubbing on the drive cup

Thick dust, never clean up after play

Rear axle housing no broken body

Not much greese on axle main gear.

Dry

Don't trust the manufacturers need to check ourself. Expensive brand still can be trusted.

For the planet gear, there a stickey greese add, when turn it heavy, not sure what type of greese. Not going to clean it just add some normal greese.

This belongs this truck dented.

All parts remove rear suspension and center parts.

Removing front parts

The steering hub very tight, no damage on ball end set, maybe too dry.

Both side the ball end screw too long, come out will touch the UJ

The steering hub inside wall deep scratch. Check the uj no wornoff.

The UJ no damage

The steering hub ball bearing hard to remove even i knock it.

After hard knocking and wd40, last remove. The ball bearing when i turn very rought sand entering.

This steering arm mounting can't remove the bottom screw really tight, can't touch the screw top bracket is plastick.

The damper mounting dent. Not heavy like rear

This a metal parts that can be hammer back

So far no heavy parts damage

Front axle case, no damage body after accident

Same problem nearly dry up greese

Remove it same problem with rear axle

The axle inside oil same not going to remove. Only clear outside.

No damage gear

At age body chip off

Front axle housing bottom screw too long damage the housing.

Front bumper lhs damage

Still can't remove

No heavy scratch

Front

Chassis top

Damper oil still ok

Big tyre

All remove for washing

All tyre with sand inside due to tyre not fully glue on rim.

Front parts all remove

Sock it in detergent overnight

After cleaning dry up

All clean

Center drive gear all clean

All parts and screw clean

Front axle add greese on gear

Lower arm assemble

The ball end add some greese

I change shorten screw,

Done all moving parts apply little bit greese

Stright front shock tower

UJ in, not enought ball bearing for steering, next time. The steering smooth turning.

Front view, done

In side view clean

Adjust the top arm, after adjust, the steering more better, no more stuck smooth.

Steering no more stuck.

The front lower arm body chip due to the steering hub touching when full lock. To prevent, adjustment on steering full lock degrees on remote.

Front under carriage

Done front section.

Rear section assembly

Lower suspension arm all passages and pin will apply thin greese

From inside view

Shock tower no more band

All fix so far no faulty found

No parts for the axle housing top.

Done, so far no problem

Front and rear

Assembly back, no damage parts and gear.

Total clean

Center shaft no more knocking sound, each end add rubber ring

Center parts fix

Servo fix

Servo horn and rod nice fitted

This loose tank really dirty with blue stain all dry even the outlet filter stuck. I use new nitro fuel to clean it and rince with water. Need to add a fuel filter outside. Nitro fuel when dry it should just oil, not in dry pcs of fuel, this tank use blue colour nitro fuel don't now what brand.

Remove and clean

Additional fuel filter

Another side view

Tune pipe, need to buy a 21 engine. SH21 Rm270 pullstart.

Tyre and rim super glue.

Use back the old air filter. Change the sponge inside.

Done repair and total cleaning. Same as 1/10 monster, parts only big in size but lacation function all the same. Next is to buy a 21 engine and drive this monster

Front view

Top view

Bottom view

Add front sway bar

Two Different size 1/10 and 1/8 monster truck. Same brand HSP.

Brontosaurus and Tornado

I change the steering servo to MG 969R 11kg. Use a aluminium 25T servo horn.

1/3/2021 got the engine mounting 81047. Buy for Rm38. Now just want to buy a 21 engine.

On 6/3/2021, i remove the 2.4 remote and checking, the antenna chip all terminal i sholder, just make the lad melt. Wire i check for continuati. Done, tested up it function

Remove all parts, then few terminal i sholder to melt the lad

Antenna wire i sholder back.

Another remote can be use

18/3/21, the new flysky 2.4 receiver reach Rm23.50 fix in. Buy a 6v 1600mah receiver battery for Rm50. Add a receiver low voltage checker free. Modified a handle bar, it to carry this truck Rm6.