Wheel Mod

[voo2doo]

I've just done the wheel mod on the baja,GOD its Sooo easy and going to save alot of arsing around when I loose my wheel E-Clips.
One side took about half an hour but when I done one the other side took about 5 mins.....westside!
J.

 

[Rossco]

I went one step further with mine....I havn't broken an axle yet but I bent 2 sets.....so I made steel ones to accept rear hubs...

I used 2 high tensile bolts..12mm dia..with about 3 inches of blank shaft..
Ground the bolt head to a flange...15mm dia..3mm thick..
Slipped it in the bearing carrier and put the hub on..drilled the pin hole.....& cut to length.
I used heat shrink to keep the pin in place..

These axles will NEVER bend or break...


And the bolts were $2 from the local hardware..

 

[voo2doo]

That is genius mate! Good call.I'm going to have a go at that.
Cheers
J.

 

[Rossco]

Mind you,this is the cheapskate way....
If you don't mind spending a little bit of cash....get another pair of rear axles and cut the drive cup off leaving a flange...

I just couldn't see the sense in buying new rears and cutting them up!

But if you have.. or know somone that has an old pair laying about.....all the better..

 

[kingin]

what is this wheel mod supposed to do? extend or somthing?
Sorry im a newb

 

[voo2doo]

what is this wheel mod supposed to do? extend or somthing?
Sorry im a newb

No mate,HPI and KM (and others) Put a failsafe method into the front hubs that,in case of a crash and the front wheels take the knock they have a small E-Clip in them that will come off before the hubs/axles snap. But in retrospect they become worn and come off every run and more often the more time you run the car.So this eliminates the problem.But saying that there is more chance now to mash the hubs/axles.
J.

 

[racersnow]

I think the risk is worth it, Those eclips suck a**, That is a great idea of useing the bold, I tapped my stockers out.

 

[MCRIPPPer]

nice mods. i did it simply by cutting the part off that the e clip sits in, and using a 4mm bolt with a washer and nut. it takes alot of play out of the front end, along with preventing the wheel from falling off mid bash.

 

[RAMTech-RC]

I switched to Snappy-RC e-clips and got rid of the problem.

 

[voo2doo]

I switched to Snappy-RC e-clips and got rid of the problem.

Where do you get them from Rob?
J.

 

[voo2doo]

Ah,its ok,I've found the site.They look the same as the standard ones?
J.

 

[RAMTech-RC]

No, they are different for sure. All the guys at my track switched and we love them.

http://www.davesmotors.com/s.nl/c.885035/n.1/it.A/id.6247/.f

 

[voo2doo]

How come you don't use the wheel mod??
J.

 

[RAMTech-RC]

What am I a machinist? I run the aluminum suspensions, and like to have a loose connection somewhere.

 

[voo2doo]

I'm not a machinist ,I used a bench grinder and I run alloy suspension.It was just a pain to keep loosing clips.

 

[RAMTech-RC]

I have a lathe in the garage and can easiily do it. Just never felt the need after I got the Snappy RC clips.

 

[voo2doo]

Well I'm getting Dark Soul wheel extender (hopefully) today so I might just try the snappies.
J.