Tamiya GF02 Front Arm

Front 1-piece arms for the Tamiya GF02 (Squash Van).

The arms that come with the kit are a 2-piece design molded out of a fairly soft nylon. The two pieces are held together with two M3x10 self-tapping screws - which is not the best combination with the soft material for a strong bolted joint. This is likely OK given the application and the short length. However, I remodeled the arms as a single piece.

Ream the hinge pivots with a 3 mm drill. I would recommend using M3 hardware for the shock absorbers. If you do, you'll want to tap the mounting holes with a M3 tap. You may need to do some light filing to the pivot areas to allow for bind free movement.

UPDATE 06/20/24: V1 would work but I made some additional improvements after printing. The biggest update was a radius added to the inner face of the outer caster block area to allow for full suspension travel (along with a slight increase in depth of the pocket). This could likely have been filed out on the V1 but it now should