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Making body mounts

Postby Ky.Slot Racer » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:56 pm

Doing this to get my hard body's on my no mag AFX chassis custom builds lower to the track. But the same procedure could be used to match up a different make body to a better chassis. Nothing really new, I found it on another site, and just adapted it to my needs.
I used 2 sizes of evergreen strip, as it got me much closer to a snug fit around the chassis stub. The .080 is used in between the 2 100x100. Just measure the tabs on the chassis to get the correct width of the opening needed. The original poster used the 100x100 for everything which is ok, but it left the fit sort of loose, and I choose to file to a fit I would be comfortable with.
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this after the parts were removed from the glued piece. I used a Exacto miter saw for this.
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Notice the chassis tabs are visible through the mount, they sit against the body and center the chassis. When gluing the tabs into the body I just push the 2 parts out against the body then glue in place.
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Filing the parts for a nice fit, also filed a tapered edge on the side to help when snapping the body in.
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Used some scrap metal to set my height then glued along the bottom edge.
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After the bottom dried, I glued along the top edge and the sides.
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all glued in solid
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snapped back in
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and complete
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Re: Making body mounts

Postby TuscoTodd » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:48 pm

Great reference pics and tutorial Mark!
Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Making body mounts

Postby WB2 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:17 pm

Thanks.
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Re: Making body mounts

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:32 pm

Priceless info Mark, thank you.
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Re: Making body mounts

Postby Z-carfan » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:53 pm

That is a really great idea and tutorial. Thanks for sharing that. Way cool!
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Re: Making body mounts

Postby BRS Hobbies » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:13 pm

One of the best how to posts that I have seen this year. Thanks for sharing and great job!

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