Cheap easy wheel weights

[binaryterror]

Tom you always have the best damn solutions...and they never seem to cost much. Great work!

I've found them available in SS, Steel, and even Nylon 6/6 so you can even interchange those to get more weight options.

[vn1500]

Originally Posted by binaryterror

Tom you always have the best damn solutions...and they never seem to cost much. Great work!

I've found them available in SS, Steel, and even Nylon 6/6 so you can even interchange those to get more weight options.

Sweet , just got an aluminum vanquish wheel gonna give it a whirl and see if i can tap it to run the weights in them & if it works now there's a choice of weights.
Hey Jake you goin to the indy state champs?

[snydercj7]

Thanks for posting this, I liked the idea a lot. I like how Axial made an easy way to put the slugs in and out if needed, just don't care for the "ninja throwing star look". Picked up some stainless set screws for the anti rust factor. These obviously don't weigh as much as the actual slugs, but they seem to accomplish back yard wheeling just fine. Amazing the extra control gained by doing this.

[Howard]

what are the weights you all are trying to get on the front wheels?

[Abavuso]

How much does one stainless 1inch set screw weigh? And was there a price diference?

[snydercj7]

http://www.fastenal.com/web/search/p...sZjudql8&Nty=0

Here is a list from Fastenal, price is a big jump from 3/4" to 1" for the weight gain. They messed up when I was paying and I picked 20 of the 3/4" up for a $1 ea.

[asian195]

i know this is a old thread. what does the wheel look like when you take one out to adjust your weight. thinking of doing this as its cheap.

[vn1500]

Originally Posted by asian195

i know this is a old thread. what does the wheel look like when you take one out to adjust your weight. thinking of doing this as its cheap.

Wheel still looks pretty much un-molested just some fine threads cut into it . Remember though too take weight in or out in as close too possible symetric pattern so the wheel stays some what balanced or round

[vn1500]

Weights will work in a Vanquish SLW V4 just need too run a 5/8" tap through first.

[superduty03]

Originally Posted by vn1500

Weights will work in a Vanquish SLW V4 just need too run a 5/8" tap through first.

Great idea man. I think it has a mean look to it as well! in this kind of economy I love seeing cost effective ideas that work, and look good too, thanks man!

[vn1500]

Originally Posted by superduty03

Great idea man. I think it has a mean look to it as well! in this kind of economy I love seeing cost effective ideas that work, and look good too, thanks man!

Thanks

[Vertigo]

Originally Posted by superflex

a .35 cal bullet fits perfect in the stock ax10 wheels i uses 300 gr sierra round nose. looks cool to

Yes, this is an older thread, but the drain plug screw for weight on the XR10 stock wheels is a great idea.

To add to the list of cheap and practical weights, I run AX10 8-hole wheels on rear of my XR10 to make the front and rear nearly square with each other. For weights, I use 5/32" cable clamps (they are for 1/8" and 5/32" steel cable, I've always known them as a horse-and-saddle). Home Depot, less than $2 for a 3-pack, they keep them near the rope and steel cable and such.

I've purchased 24 of them for three sets of wheels and every one of them weighed in at .55 oz. Four of them fit perfectly flush and comfortably if you put the u-bolt portion of the clamp in from the outside and the other part (the saddle) on the inside of the wheel. A little Loctite on the threads. Requires no mod. They fit perfectly right out of the package.

Takes only a few seconds to put one on or take one off. A net of up to 2.2 oz per wheel. Not the sexiest looking weights, but practical and cheap.

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by vn1500

Here's any easy weight set up for the plastic XR10 wheels that use Vanquish weights. 5/8" set screw/plug 1/2" long weighs .5 0z , 1" long weigh .95 oz thread them in to any desired depth and they stay no retainer needed. Plus they were only a buck $ 1 a piece

Great idea! THanks