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Old 06-03-2005, 05:32 PM   #1
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Thumbs up TLT-1 wider axles (Blackfoot) are in stock at Tower
Just a public service annoucement from your Uncle Frito!

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LXGG15
These will widen your TLT-1 by 1/2". You'll still have to make some simple spacers or use a bunch of washers but I think this is by far the best (and cheapest) way to moderately widen your rig.
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Old 06-03-2005, 05:37 PM   #2
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bout time
been waiting for a set i ordered nearly 2 months ago
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Old 06-03-2005, 05:40 PM   #3
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Out of stock again, until mid june, just tried to order two sets.
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Old 06-03-2005, 05:40 PM   #4
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bout time
been waiting for a set i ordered nearly 2 months ago
Really? I ordered only about a month ago and just got mine today. Maybe I got moved up the list because a couple weeks back I called em up and gave em hard time about it.

You might wanna give them a call.
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Old 06-03-2005, 05:42 PM   #5
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Out of stock again, until mid june, just tried to order two sets.
No way!?! The page stills says in stock. Ohhh limited quantities now. Damn. Well they appear to have one pair at least. BOOOOOOO!!
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Old 06-03-2005, 05:46 PM   #6
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Well anyway, the important thing is I got mine.

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Old 06-03-2005, 09:56 PM   #7
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Question tg 10 parts fit too
there's also tg10 bits.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGM26&P=7

The foot bits look to have a longer yoke. Guess you can shim that and gain width???
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Old 06-03-2005, 11:06 PM   #8
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there's also tg10 bits.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGM26&P=7


The foot bits look to have a longer yoke. Guess you can shim that and gain width???
Hmm.. The blackfoot axles appear to be almost 1/4" longer than the tg10 axles. Shimming them is easy with a quick trip to Lowe's Hardware for a nylon bushing that fits the axles perfectly.
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Old 06-03-2005, 11:17 PM   #9
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You probably were put on back order and those who were, got their stuff. The rest of us have to get them on back order, and wait.
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Old 06-04-2005, 12:32 AM   #10
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has anyone tried Tobee Craft wheel wideners, there are some for sell on ebay just wondering if they are any good

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V
heres the pic
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Old 06-04-2005, 03:19 AM   #11
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lol, those look like the bf axles with alum bits and spacers.
36$ ouch hehe
Yeah the bfs are about that much wider i checked specs. Something I need to consider. Its strange TH still shows it as a in stock item for me even with a clearing of cache. >_>
image is busted too heh ;p
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Old 06-04-2005, 10:10 AM   #12
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lol, those look like the bf axles with alum bits and spacers.
36$ ouch hehe
You might be right. I measured the length of the Blackfoot axles exluding the yoke and they're 32mm. However in his auction pic those axles look significantly longer than the Blackkfoot axles. Another indication is the Blackfoot axles would only require a spaceer that's 1/4" long. The spacers in that picture look to be about 1/2". I suspect by 32mm he's saying they're 32mm longer than stock. I guess if you want your axles that much wider this isn't a bad deal considering all the parts you get.
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Yeah the bfs are about that much wider i checked specs. Something I need to consider. Its strange TH still shows it as a in stock item for me even with a clearing of cache. >_>
image is busted too heh ;p
Oh Tower is just being sneaky. Under "In Stock" it says "Limited quantities". In this case it means they have one pair left.

The reason the image doesn't show is Tower doesn't allow hotlinking of their images.
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Old 06-04-2005, 10:43 AM   #13
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Well I just went through that guy's ebay store and it looks like he has a whole range of sizes from 8mm longer which is about what the Blackfoot axles are all the way up to 32mm longer.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V
He's in Tokyo but his feedback looks pretty good. Rather than wait for Tower you might want to give him a shot. I would if I still needed axles.
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Old 06-04-2005, 04:30 PM   #14
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once i have some time im just going to make my own set of wideners

waiting on Tower Hobbies when all it takes is a welder, 24 _ 10/32 nuts and 4 _ 1 1/2" X 10/32 bolt

oh yeah guess i need to add 8 set screws of unknown size right now and a drill press and some locktight
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once i have some time im just going to make my own set of wideners

waiting on Tower Hobbies when all it takes is a welder, 24 _ 10/32 nuts and 4 _ 1 1/2" X 10/32 bolt

oh yeah guess i need to add 8 set screws of unknown size right now and a drill press and some locktight
Actually sounds like a good reason NOT do do it yourself!
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Old 06-05-2005, 01:20 PM   #16
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i do have a welder and access to a drillpress
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Old 06-06-2005, 02:30 PM   #17
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Frito...did it work out for you using the blackfoot parts.
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Old 06-06-2005, 05:11 PM   #18
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Frito...did it work out for you using the blackfoot parts.
The axles are in. I just need to cut my spacers to length but I haven't had time. I have no reason to suspect they'll give me any trouble. I suppose using a mess of washers instead of the nylon spacer would save me some time but it seems a bit ghetto to me. I'll post a couple pics when I'm done.
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