Broken Steering Arms (M03m)

Hey All,

A couple of pics of our recent mishap. The steering arms of our oldest M-03 (originally the M03L BMW Mini Cooper) broker after a series of abuse.

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See how the rim of inappropriately sized wheels chewed into the plastic of the steering arm.

So it was time to bring out our Tamiya F-Parts (slow basket from ModelSport.co.uk (months ago) and install them. We realised two things that may be known by most Mini enthusiasts but which were new to us. The C-hubs are not the same size and the bearing are also different. Luck has it that our local supplier Kit had some spare bearings for us but we’re still waiting on the appropriately sized kingpins (yes, the kingpins are different as well)

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In the picture above you can see the “solution” we found with Tamiya’s standard Stepped-screws. There is a lot of give in the steering now and therefore the behavior can be described as erratic at best. ;)

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for more TL-01 and M-03 mods and upgrades.

Astoria.