Can Anyone Help Me Out With A Part?

[nakedsv]

Does anyone in the USA have one of these screws they could spare for me? I just finally got the thing built, got two runs on it, and lost the screw somehow.

TamiyaUSA is out of stock, and the only one I can see on ebay is in the UK, for $12.40 + whatever for shipping. ouch.

or, if you know where I can get something like this locally, that could be a big help too.

Thanks.

[Formiga]

I haven't been able to find screw bag D, 9465665 from the re-re, or 9455096 from the original has that part and I could use that bag for my build as well.

[nakedsv]

I found a source. I'll let you know after I buy one. (he's only got two left, so I don't want to advertise it here yet and have them bought out from under me)

It seems like a beat-up Frog from ebay is probably the best bet. Make sure it has the part I need, and any other spares I can get are for the future or to re-sell on ebay.

When Tamiya tells me that no thread-locker is necessary, I don't believe them any more. Any metal-to-metal connections made with screws are going to have Loctite from now on. I think they're just trying to boost their parts sales by saying that.

In the meantime, I found some screws of the right length, with the right threads, but without the step, at my local hardware store. I put a piece of heat shrink tubing near the top to act as the step, and thread-locked it in when it was deep enough. This should hold me until I can get the right part.

Oh, I also put some washers in there so there isn't so much slop in the steering & suspension. You know, the upright part that goes up & down because of the big gaps?

[Formiga]

Cool let me know, I may just buy the parts bag from the UK when I get back from holidays.

[Formiga]

I have some coming from the UK now.

Does Tamiya periodically release screw bags? Should I be collecting these as I'm not going to be able to find these screw bags?

Now watch, I've triggered the great screw bag hoarding of 2009, 2010 the market will be flooded with fasteners as Tamiya keeps releasing them.

People are gonna lynch me.