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  1. Yay! Always wanted one of these since I was a nipper. My first car purchase in 20 years! Hopefully it will be a lot of fun for me and the boy.
  2. I've stripped the diff, cleaned, rebuilt with proper Tamiya diff grease, and used loctite on the grub screws... car is much much better now, doesn't slip at all. hopefully it will stay that way! Lesson learned - don't use anything but Ball diff grease on a ball diff!
  3. Yup that sounds very similar to the ones I have - I will check when I get home and maybe take a photo. Have a feeling they both have a slight crease in them, maybe I can flatten it out... Cheers
  4. Great advice thanks, I have not used ball diff grease, but silicone lubricant which I was told was an alternative. Thought this might be the issue so have ordered some Tamiya Ball Diff grease. Will disassemble and rebuild. I notice that the 3 grub screws holding the diff housing have loosened so I assumed that was the issue. When I tighten the car runs fine for about 10 mins, then begins to slip again. Grr! Is it worth using some locktite on the screws? I assmume they have silicone lube all over them which might be causing the slipping I'll take it apart and try again. Cheers - Such a helpful forum! Also im not sure what the shims would look like - very thin large washers? I found something like that in my toolkit but not sure what they were from.. will have a google.
  5. Yeah they do seem to break pretty easy. the diff is slipping a little too but I think it just needs tightening. Maybe get some locktite.
  6. Excellent thanks very much James! That will be one very happy 4 year old at the weekend now (and dad)... Might start saving up for a modern Tamiya equivalent with a bit more strength now. Its a great car to run but i'm just gonna worry about breaking other parts! Cheers Alex
  7. Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum so go easy on me! Have finally got around to digging my old madcap out of the old man's garage and have completed stripped down and rebuilt. All is working perfectly - except the from steering column ( I think its called the C-HUB? Its the part that houses the steering knuckle on the front) is broken. I have searched the internet pretty extensively looking for a replacement part and I cannot find it anywhere. I am basically just looking for alternatives that people may have used or know that I could use as a replacement? I have searched the forum and seen this thread http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63631 and the TRF201 is mentioned as possibly fitting? I am just wondering if anyone else has experience with this or knows a part that definitely would fit before I start spending money. I'm guessing this is the issue with running vintage cars. Any help would be very much appreciated! In the meantime I have ordered some Polymorph plastic putty to try and bodge the existing broken one! Part I am after is also shown in the diagram in the first post - its the madcap chub C4 : http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63631 Cheers and thanks in advance, Al
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