Now we assemble the rear arms to the T-Plate. The arms are again captured by the mounts and the hinge pins have steel pivots that slide onto them and then go into the mount housings. This should provide maintenance free running for a while. My arms had a little bit of front to back play in them and a small shim would probably do away with it completely but a little play isn't a huge deal so I did without. One thing to note, the rear arm mount doesn't need to be tightened all the way just yet. The rear bumper ultimately slides underneath it so leave it a little loose to save some time later.
Now assemble the T-Plate to the chassis. It's starting to look like a truck at this point. Again everything slides together nice and tight and seems to socket into place. My T-Plate had a small piece of sprue on the front side that kept it from sitting flush with the chassis. I had to pull it back off and shave it down and then everything fit nicely.
Now install the transmission into the T-Plate.
Another view of the transmission installed. The T-Plate has a nice thick socket for it to fit into and it's a good tight fit.
Now we put the rear bumper in place and tighten the rear mount down completely. This bumper has a center support built in and flexes far less than the front bumper. It also acts as a motor guard and from a quick test fit, this nearly covers my entire Tekin 17.5 motor. Ultimately, I'll probably pick up Kyosho's motor centering kit and I'll have plenty of motor protection then.
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