how to narrow axial axles.
 

I will be starting a 1.9 scaler using a blackfoot body. I have seen other threads on TLT axles, but nothing on Axial's. I was going to use Losi MRC axles, but they seem too small and expensive for thier size.

Thanks in advance

I don't think I have seen any decent ways to narrow the Axial axles to a width anywhere near what a Blackfoot body would require.

here's my method for wheely king axles.
I haven't take apart axial axles to see if you could try the same thing or not.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...ow+Wheely+king

this makes them 5-5/8" wide. perfect for a blackfoot. axial stubs and knuckles will narrow them up about another 3/4"

Why not MRC? They can be on the cheap side if you search.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...007/002-48.jpg

Pretty sure you can build them ground up too

axials are already 1/2" wider than tlt's so why not start with tlt's instead?

also, for not much more than a set of axles would cost you you could buy the MRC complete and just add a scale chassis to make your scaler. the blackfoot is really narrow.

this is with narrowed tlt axles:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...t/IMG_0074.jpg

these have about 1/2" taken out of them.


edit: also, one thing people skip is the scale size of the wheels. when you go that narrow it looks odd (to me) to have nearly a 4" tall tire. seems too narrow and tall to me. the picture above uses reduced tires (they're 1.5 wheels and overall height is about 3.25").

Heres the best ive seen for narrowing axial axels. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...narrowed+axial