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Did you forget to die the shock parts?

j/k

1911Colt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:42 pm Did you forget to die the shock parts?

j/k

....yes

I still could (I have a crockpot of black dye) but not planning to yet.

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Kermit is pretty well cleaned up, but now I need to figure out what to do for front wheels.
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The rears here are Bandit 2474 pin drive wheels, but the matching Bandit 2475 are also a pin drive wheel. I would prefer the fronts to be the old fashioned bearing in wheel setup. Any thoughts what I might use?
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JC Racing 5-spokes for Traxxas (2.2")
TRA 2671 (dished 2.1")
TRA 1775-X (2.1")

I'm not sure what the original Bandit bearing-in-wheel part number is..but they might be out there somewhere. And I've always thought that some Tamiya wheels might fit but have never confirmed.

TRA1775-X
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Those wheels look familiar

Printed some shock bushings and put the shocks on Kermit. Speedy speedy progress.
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TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:54 pm
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JC Racing 5-spokes for Traxxas (2.2")
TRA 2671 (dished 2.1")
TRA 1775-X (2.1")

I'm not sure what the original Bandit bearing-in-wheel part number is..but they might be out there somewhere. And I've always thought that some Tamiya wheels might fit but have never confirmed.

TRA1775-X
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I can confirm that Tamiya biw rims will work just fine, also Kyosho rims (not sure about the offset) and HPI Super Stars if you can find them.

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:42 pm Kermit is pretty well cleaned up, but now I need to figure out what to do for front wheels.
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1000009352.jpg
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The rears here are Bandit 2474 pin drive wheels, but the matching Bandit 2475 are also a pin drive wheel. I would prefer the fronts to be the old fashioned bearing in wheel setup. Any thoughts what I might use?

If you have a drill press and a step drill with 1mm steps, you could take the current bandit wheels and drill the current 5mm hole out to 10mm - don’t go up to 11mm, there’s not enough material for that. You’ll get a nice snug bearing fit, if you drill the last step with a10mm (better 0.3932 inch = 9.978mm reamer) Add two 5x10x4mm FLANGED bearings and presto you’re all set.

Here’s an example of mine:

These are Kyosho Turbo Scorpion (re-re) wheels.

The rears are 12mm hex.

The fronts use an 8mm (or 5/16") OD bearing.

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:27 am These are Kyosho Turbo Scorpion wheels.

The rears are 12mm hex.

The fronts use an 8mm (or 5/16") OD bearing.

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Ok, I stand corrected, I would have sworn, that Kyoshos are also metric, either 10 or 11mm OD.

Sorry if I mislead anyone.

Chewbacca wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:38 am Ok, I stand corrected, I would have sworn, that Kyoshos are also metric, either 10 or 11mm OD.

Sorry if I mislead anyone.

Some might be, especially newer models.

My post was simply showing those particular wheels as a possible option, not calling anyone out.

I hadn't considered drilling out any front wheels. Interesting idea. Thanks.

I’ve also converted front hex wheels. For those you have to add a 12mm hex with the according hole. Again 10mm in my case, but have also done 3/8 for a Losi Jrx Pro SE. For that conversion I used 12mm hex bar stock, and a lathe. But you could just drill out some non clamping hex adapters from Ali Express for example.