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11-04-2019, 01:10 PM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: 🌎
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| Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why????
I have been looking for another set of aluminum bead lock wheels and most of the ones I am seeing have a 6.7mm hole for the axle. Why is the axle mounting hole so large? That is much larger then the standard crawler axle. Example: Last edited by Stomp; 11-04-2019 at 01:27 PM. |
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11-04-2019, 01:14 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tri-cities, WA
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why????
Because those use an slw type hub that can be used with a stepped ar60 type hex.
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11-04-2019, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why????
Thanks for the quick reply. So if I were to get a set of wheels like this I would need new hex's and possibly a nut with a flange?
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11-04-2019, 02:13 PM | #4 | |
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why???? Quote:
The wheel hex does 70% of the centering so I'd run them as is. I've currently got 2 sets of wheels running this way and they're completely fine. You can get away with a lot on crawler/trail rigs that's technically not ideal but at the speeds these things move they aren't really a problem. | |
11-04-2019, 05:24 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why????
Yeah it works without using an Axial stepped hex but I sure wish we could get away from the giant holes. I run a lot of scale hubs and if you tighten them down without using a slightly larger washer the locknut gets pulled out of the scale hub (SSD hubs). We can all thank Axial for these giant holes |
11-04-2019, 05:37 PM | #6 |
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11-04-2019, 07:12 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why????
Got it, thanks
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11-04-2019, 08:11 PM | #8 |
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why???? Actually, you can thank HPI for that one. Since a lot of the first axial crawler (Scorpion) parts were carry overs from HPI bits, and correct me if I'm wrong, I think one of the dudes that started Axial left HPI to do so, therefore a lot of the parts were identical. Ring and pinion diff carriers etc were all the same, hexes all the same, plastics.... uh, yeah... the same.... garbage back in the 2006-7 day. |
11-07-2019, 05:37 PM | #9 | |
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11-07-2019, 05:42 PM | #10 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: Wheel axle holes so oversized! Why????
Interesting, Thanks Paul! Hey hows that crazy Ascender build coming? |
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