Rear wheels on front

[DMAT]

I'm just playing around with the Idea but I'm considering trying to run a set of alloy rear wheels on the front wheels. I'm not trying to do a 4wd kit but could be open to the idea. Id like the car to be drive able after done.

im thinking if i cut down a rear axle and try to make a rear carrier fit, it could work. I could rely on the bearings in the rear carrier to let the entire axle turn with the wheel. i'd have to trim down parts of the rear carrier too. so it would fit into the caster block.

im open to the other ideas on the matter.

[jwscab]

any of the conversions you see for front hex wheels will get you the live axle, bearing supported by the carrier. just leave off the hex and put on a pin drive rear wheel of the right offset and thickness.

you can use traxxas parts, hpi parts, or associated parts that are almost a direct fit.

you could also use a ultima rb5 or later xx(xxx?) setup as well.

search 'front hex conversion', should get you all you need to know.

[DMAT]

I wasnt meaning to run any rear wheel. its more specifically the rc10 rear wheel that has the 1/4 axle and only had room for the pin to go in. the overall goal would be a front hub that has a live axle as you put it.

getting around the axle will probably be the hardest problem. it is nice to see there are pretty much parts already available for the rest of this though. it would have made my hex conversion on the front a lot simpler.

edit: found some axles made by procell that could fit the build. went ahead and ordered a pair and ill try out a test fit in a few days. it looks like there was a live axle setup for the sc10 so it should work on the rc10. I'll try it out once I see how the axles clear.

edit2: since this might go for an alloy build, I'm going to test fit some rustler parts I have.

edit3: thats a nope on the rustler parts. guess ill try looking for some of the ones suggested

[DMAT]

so next question. i found a b4 set that works well. the only issue is the hinge pin size is 7/64 vs 1/8. will that smaller size cause potential issues?

on a side note, The xxx hubs uses 1/8 hinge pins but i dont see any inboard hubs yet, still looking.

[jwscab]

no, you have to drill out the hub to 1/8" and I don't think there are any issues in doing that.

[DMAT]

well, back at square one. the seller was missing one of the axles in the set so I'm getting a refund

ill keep the b4 setup in mind until i find another set of axles that are cutoff at the end.