What do you guys do to mount wheels?

[sk82break]

Well, Working on my Wrx today, I tried putting the rear wheel on...I put gentle pressure until, *snap* I was like "shit"! just snapped the driveshaft and a part of the arm, I fixed those, but on this kit, theres a stem thingy that comes out of the wheel and it goes through the disk brake. Can I shave this down a little? if so, how much can I shave down?

[Jay!]

Which WRX kit? The Tamiya one should have metal axles, so what broke?

[kicker1_solo]

shave it down until it fits, that's how much.

[Honoturtle]

Originally posted by jay@af
Which WRX kit? The Tamiya one should have metal axles, so what broke?

Wait a minute, I tought Tamiya was the only one who made the WRX, well the new one anyways.

[hirofkd]

Originally posted by Honoturtle

Wait a minute, I tought Tamiya was the only one who made the WRX, well the new one anyways.

Street Impreza

GD Sedan : Tamiya
GC Sedan : Fujimi, Hasegawa
GF Wagon : Hasegawa

[erix7]

Originally posted by sk82break
Well, Working on my Wrx today, I tried putting the rear wheel on...I put gentle pressure until, *snap* I was like "shit"! just snapped the driveshaft and a part of the arm, I fixed those, but on this kit, theres a stem thingy that comes out of the wheel and it goes through the disk brake. Can I shave this down a little? if so, how much can I shave down?

I prefer to fit the wheels to the hub assemblies before mounting
the suspension to the floor pan.
That way you avoid putting too much force on any fragile suspension arms.

In case you prefer to fit the wheels after mounting the suspension,
you can make sure the wheels don't require too much force:
Check the soft plastic bushings, either the bushings fit too tight around
the stub axle (stem thingy) or there isn't enough space inside the hub
to allow the bushing to expand when the axle is inserted.

If the bushing is too tight you can teporarily expand it by inserting a slightly
wider rod and leave it in for a couple of days. The stub axles of Tamiya and Aoshima
wheels are all 1.5mm in diameter, so if you use a piece of rod of 1.7mm (brass
rod from the hardware store, round off the edges first to avoid damaging the
bushings) you'll be fine.

If there isn't enough space inside the hub you need to widen the space a bit
by wrapping a piece of fine sandpaper around a suitably sized rod and roll that
around inside the hub.
If you do this, make sure there is almost no extra room parallel to the axle inside
the hub (i.e. no sideways play) or else the wheels will fit wobbly and pick up way
too much camber.

I also noticed some soft plastic bushings are too stiff (I think I found those in
some Aoshima kits, could be Fujimi as well) in that case better replace the bushings
with softer ones or try to stretch them with a piece of oversized rod.

HTH,
-- Eric.

[primera man]

I usually get a very small round file and twist it around inside the disc so that the rim will fit better with out using any force.
Apply a very small amount of cooking oil to the shaft of the rim as this will help it out also to make it slide in better