wheel keeps falling off

[jbrandt]

It seems that my right rear wheel is prone to coming off my wk. :x I think I didn't tighten the wheel bolt down enough once, and now it likes to come off even after I tighten the bolt under high torque situations. I think it basically mushroomed the wheel hub so the little hexagonal piece isn't a tight fit anymore.

My question is:
Would it be a bad idea to basically glue those little plastic hex pieces inside the rim for a stronger joint? I can see one problem would be that I'd have to buy new hex pieces when/if I get new wheels, but would it interfere with anything? What about a stronger/metal hub and/or hex piece (I'm sure it has a proper name)?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

 

[BrandonW]

you should thread lock the nut on your wheely king so it doesn't come off. some people also CA glue their hex in their rim but i haven't needed to do that yet.

 

[jbrandt]

it's a nylock nut, so it "shouldn't" keep coming loose. I think it's coming loose b/c I screwed up the edges on the hex part and on the rim so they don't have a tight fit, and under high torque they will slip apart and the wheel will fall off!

Sounds like gluing them together isn't a bad alternative...

thanks!

 

[Tanis]

The nylocks can still come loose, especially after several mounting/dismounting of the wheels. The nylon develops grooves which don't hold as good as a fresh nylock nut.

 

[BJoe]

So far I've JB Welded Traxxas Aluminum hexes into my Axial beadlocks (broke the bond on one them already too:| ) and have switched over to non-flanged nylocks which I may also lock-tite in the future.

 

[666]

Loc-tite is your friend!"thumbsup" Blue, medium strength.

 

[Usmc8541]

If you have spare nuts, put another on to lock the lock nut into place. Worst case scenario it wont work.

We've all got nuts on hand to spare.:lol:

 

[jbrandt]

thanks all for the input.

I'm not sure I have enough axle showing for a double nut type deal. I have a feeling like my nuts are too big for that, though...

Next step will be to epoxy the hexes into the rim... Then when I upgrade the wheels, I'll get alloy hexes too!

 

[grapegoat]

sound like a plan guy. i had that same problem with my e-maxx. i thought i stripped my differential or something because i could hear this grinding noise. turns out it was the loose wheel hex grinding on my wheel. the damage was pretty bad but like you mentioned before, i just glued the hex into the wheel. then lock-tite my lugs. SHAKE AND BAKE!

 

[tjb]

Red loctite is your friend! "thumbsup"

 

[Double J]

Red loctite is your friend! "thumbsup"

No it isn't.
I used red (it's all I had around) then went to take the nut off my wheel and it broke off the thread under the nut. never even loosend up.

 

[Tanis]

No it isn't.
I used red (it's all I had around) then went to take the nut off my wheel and it broke off the thread under the nut. never even loosend up.

Same here, I used it once and learned my lesson. Save the red for 1:1 rigs.8)

 

[jbrandt]

I agree, if you use red loktite, you might as well use JB weld...

Blue is better - 'cause Ricky Bobby said so!