My 39 units. buy on 1 May Tamiya TT-01 Type E chassis 2008. There two type 1995 Tamiya TT01 and 2008 TT- 01, few variant D, R. RTR. Given a citroen C3 body, not ori from Tamiya. Sale for Rm200, saler from Ampang. Came without tyre, electronics parts. cash on delivery. Look at picture all parts original plastic no upgrade parts. After receiving, 4 damper not oil type, moving parts no ballbearing, Look like this units buy new but not really take care after playing few time, full of sand and dust on moving parts, center mounting cut away plastic body, no heavy damage parts found, hard to turn the wheels, damage foam bumper and damage body..
Start blogger = 2/5/2022
Up Date = 6/11/2023
Sum for spareparts = Rm88.43
2008 - 2024 = 16 Years
Made in Japan (🇯🇵)
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| My 39 Units |
Not my, just to show the complete new set. This come with M Benz c class body, other with Subaru Impreza, HKS Nissan Skyline, M B 100E, Honda Civic and few more.
After full checking, fault found.
1. Not using ballbearing in all wheels, drive shaft, axle and steering.
2. Rear axle using hard greese dry up.
3. All wheels drive shaft full of oil and dust
4. Heavy when turn wheels
5. Center mounting plastic is been cut.
6. No electrical parts
7. Body cover badly damage not original.
8. Spur gear damage.
9. All the front and rear suspension arm very steeve the special screw rusty and dry.
10. Front bumper form damage
11. No tyre and wheels
12. Motor cover and transponden mount not fitted.
13. No box
14. Front and rear bumper few screw not fully tighten.
15. Steering mount screw rusty hard to open wrong screw use.
16. Front diff gear housing not tighten.
17. Front axle gear not much greese look like didn't add on.
20. Some gear using nylon materials.
21. Bottom scratch normal if play on road or off road.
22. After open up the front and rear axle, found bevel gear wrongly fitted different saiz. It have size E or C.
23. Wheel Hex using plastic when tighten wheel tight, can't turn
24. Have a special bracket for steering servo, 2008 only given 2 beam.
25. Given ori assembly manual
Option parts add.
1. Aluminium front / rear upper suspension mount.
2. Aluminium center propeller shaft
3. Aluminium wheel Hex 4 pcs
4. Aluminium battery holder post
5. Aluminium front UJ
6. Aluminium rear dogbone
7. Aluminium wheel nut.
8. Oil shock absorber 4 pcs
9. Full ballbearing
The units sale in this condition
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| Images from saller |
Printing out the 2008 assembly manual PDF. But the owner give the original manual.
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| Extra parts given. |
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| Given a Citroen C3 body. |
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| Wheels arch un event cuts |
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| Front bumper body torn |
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| Rear body torn but use cable ties. |
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| Top |
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The 4 body hole, not cut in a good shape have sharp adge.
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| This body painted from factory. Sale in lazada. |
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| Body rear broken using cable strip to hold it inside view. |
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| The Bathtubs chassis |
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| Original parts no upgrade aluminium alloy. |
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| With rusty screw |
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| Not oil damper |
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| Motor location, center mounting is been cut out. |
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| Motor mount |
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| Antena post. |
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| Steering servo location |
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| The on/off swith location |
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| Bottom scratch normal for secondhand Rc |
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| Front and rear bumper screw not fully screw |
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| Plastic steering arm wheel hex adapter plastic if tighten hard wheel will not turn and the 2 hub screw rusty, shaft greese dry. |
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| The battery holder |
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| All 4 body mount still in good condition. |
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| Non adjustable steering linkages |
Extra 2 parts not fitted
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| Drive shaft dirty full of sand /dust |
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Proppeler shaft plastic
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| Steering linkage no ballbearing |
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| Not oil damper |
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| Bathtubs type chassis |
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| Damage front bumper form, both side and bottom surface. |
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Drive gear damage, no ballbearing is use in and out.
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| Found out why the drive gear damage, because tighten with a long screw at gear cover. |
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| No ballbearing is use. Rhs motor mount plastic. |
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| Suspension arm plastick |
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| No ballbearing use |
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| Inside dirty with sand |
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| Axle shaft full of oil and dirt |
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| Using copper bearing |
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| With old dirty Greese |
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| The front axle dry greese very clean |
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| After, all parts remove |
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| Rear diff housing screw 3 pcs not tighten loose. |
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| Top rear diff, using hard Greese. Front not much. |
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| Using nylon gears |
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| This for rear axle that screw not tightening, if tighten gear can't turn. |
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| This from front axle, different size |
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| New bevel gear all same size C |
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| All parts remove not yet cleaning |
After cleaning
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| All plastic bearing will change to ballbearing. |
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| Nylon gears |
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| Steering arm |
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| Steering coloum top using wrong screw to tightening, very hard to remove. |
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| All parts clean from oil and dust |
Next will assemle back and if option parts cheap will buy and slowly assemble it.
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| New nylon gears |
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| I have the steering arm bearing size 4 pcs |
Done all clean know only need to change wheels ball bearing and drive shaft. Other option parts will fix later. Electrical parts soon. Look into lazada and shoopie alum alloy for tamiya expensive.
Option parts Aluminium upper suspension mount, buy long time ago in bunch of RC Parts 2018.
Option parts front and rear oil shock absorber.
Fix in a steering servo
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| Special made for servo attachments no need to screw in a servo arm. This bracket from 2005 TT01. |
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| This servo attachments will put to my 2005 TT01 |
Change new in white colour front and rear axle housing and gear.
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| All the axle gear and housing change new |
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| The center propeller shaft front and rear change to ballbearing. |
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| Front axle gear |
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| The center plastic propeller shaft vibrate hard and touching body when hight speed need to change aluminium alloy propeller. |
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| A nylon propeller shaft too soft |
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Change a aluminium propeller shaft, from hsp, try up, better no touching. Will buy the ori soon.
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| Add a old ESC and brush motor |
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| Wheel hex aluminium alloy. |
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| Add adjustable steering linkages |
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| The front form bumper change new |
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| Rear i put the damage foam bumper. |
Put in 4 new rubber tyre buy for rm50 on 10/5/2022
20/5/2022 reach. oder all the ballbearing from china Rm17.
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| Rm17 only |
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| Change in and out |
22/5/2022, change the battery holder mounting aluminium alloy, buy from china Rm14.14
22/5/2022 another parts i change the Proppeler shaft set. Rm25.93
Body repolish all the broken body repairs using aluminium sticker foil.
I take out my 1995 body cover original from Tamiya Mercedes Benz C class. Rework and repolish, not fully beautiful but just as show.
For this units if got money i will up grade parts to aluminium blue colour.
25/10/2023 up grade some aluminium aloi
Parts.
1. Dogbone Rm12.96
2. Wheel nut 4mm Rm4.47
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| Rear |
6/11/2023 fix uj blue in front the dogbone fix in my another TT01
Another collection in year 2022. Know own 39 units RC. More to come if there's a cheep sale.
ENJOY RC
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