mt tires and foams. saw dust?

[kryptonite5b]

so has any body "emptied" the saw dust out of their mt tires? ya, i pulled my tires couse they felt funny. some were hevy'er then others.(they werent wet) what a suprise, the foams had turn into dust. they were still in one peice, but very thin and what a mess i made.


-so, is their anything better i can use for foams? i would like something lite thats not going to fall apart. and we cant buy just the foams can we?


- do any other mt tires fit on the ramp wheels?

 

[Piranha2]

I had Imex Jumbo Kongs on my 1/8 G-made Spider and they are close to the same size (8.5" x 4")

 

[Clubin]

The FG ones are wider, but they turn to $#!t after a year so too.


How would it be with the foams out? Probaly not very good.

 

[str8jailbird]

Are you guys glueing your foam to the wheels??? I shoe gooed mine as I do my Baja's and this increases the life a little. Maybe the Ramp foams are prone to "dusting" as the Pro-lines are for the 5B.

 

[kryptonite5b]

Are you guys glueing your foam to the wheels??? I shoe gooed mine as I do my Baja's and this increases the life a little. Maybe the Ramp foams are prone to "dusting" as the Pro-lines are for the 5B.

here is my post a little while back http://www.redcatrampageforum.com/showthread.php?t=563


it refers to the same thing. the best answer i got was from clubbin about keeping the water out wich i took his advise.. no water. but becouse of my "red loc-tite" accedent i had to take off the tires to put on a new rim and WOW!! just like in my old 5b tires the foams just fall apart. i think i have about 5 tanks so far and i have 1 good foam insert left. but you cant just buy the insert! and no clubbin, i tried with out the insert and its not even worth putting the beadlocks on. im going to look for some type of foam, but i would strongly sugjest taping the foams like we do for the 5b.

 

[kryptonite5b]

Maybe the Ramp foams are prone to "dusting" as the Pro-lines are for the 5B.

i think they are, but we don't have to swap tires as often so nobody really notices. i noticed something wrong couse 3 tires were kinda lumpy

 

[yolonda21]

I bought a spare set (4) of tires for my mt, and they came with 2 different types of foams in them. It was a sad day. The one in the top left is very hard and compact, the others are soft and fluffy

 

[Clubin]

I bought a spare set (4) of tires for my mt, and they came with 2 different types of foams in them. It was a sad day. The one in the top left is very hard and compact, the others are soft and fluffy

Nice sock's.


Looks like they maybe changing the material and you got a midstream set.

 

[kryptonite5b]

ya d, they are all diffrent sizes.. thats weird.

 

[Piranha2]

Found a pic of the Imex'



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[kryptonite5b]

those things are pretty damn big!! i think you would have to trim down the tire bead and im not sure how it would fit in the beadlock..

 

[IMADMAN]

I have used both the black insulation around copper water pipes and the Floatie foam noodles you find at wally world, they work well for the cost and their a lot firmer. It takes time to cut and glue though.

 

[kryptonite5b]

I have used both the black insulation around copper water pipes and the Floatie foam noodles you find at wally world, they work well for the cost and their a lot firmer. It takes time to cut and glue though.

are the foam noodles wide enough for the mt? im gona check that out later. did you use shoe glue?

 

[IMADMAN]

are the foam noodles wide enough for the mt? im gona check that out later. did you use shoe glue?

No i'm a cheap ass, I had a can of industrial spray glue from a job site, I think 3m makes it, for the stock baja tires I also used duct tape on the inside carcass to help lessen the "balloning".

 

[mooman007uk]

you can get high density foam from car/boat upholsterers, they have all different firmness and thicknesses, I'll have to check my foams out now...it's something I'd not even thought about.

 

[kryptonite5b]

well, becouse i couldnt buy just the foams i had to make my own. i used pipe insulation. but the real soft one the had. it feels like memory foam, but is slightly heaver then the stock ones. not by much, but thats the last thing we need, more un-sprung wieght! i wasnt a big fan of doing this but had little choices. i think it came out great and should hold up till i get new rockstars and tires.. i used shoe glue and spray adhesive to stack them and wrapped the tire side with athletic tap







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[DemonRC1]

I havn't gotten my Rampage yet but the foams look like the Proline foams which don't last very long with moisture. I found out the hardway when buying Badlands for the Baja.

 

[VancouverHobbies]

Well I fell victim to the foams this weekend....ran my truck last weekend in wet conditions, did the usual maintenance over the week and was putting the wheels back on Sunday morning to go play..... Picked up one of the wheels and it felt real odd, so I opened it up and guess what I found....UUGH! no rc'in for me yesterday!

 

[kryptonite5b]

HA,HA!! thats funny. so what are you going to use? i made all 4 foams and they really turned out nice.

 

[VancouverHobbies]

Yah funny ha ha! I was thinking about using a set of old HPI foams and making up the difference in size with some kind of foam maybe like what you would use on top of a mattress..you know the stuff is about 1 1/2 thick?? cut it into strips the width of the tires and glueing the butt ends together, like a two stage firmness soft on the outer and firm close to the wheel rim. I don't know lol!