Nasty wheel wobble on charge-n-go Bit-Truck

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Cheesehead
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Nasty wheel wobble on charge-n-go Bit-Truck

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I recently picked up two Charge-N-Go trucks from Walgreens. They were the last two in the store.
On both of them, the rear (drive) wheels wobble horribly. I tried centering them, but I've had no luck so far.
Any tips?
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Post by sessiz »

Is it the wheels wobblin or the whole axel?
I've had some wobbly axels on bits but never a rear wheel wobblin on the axel. You could take one of those plastic round coffee stirers and put a slit in it. Then you shove that up into the axel cavity in the chassis. It should tighten up the axel. there's also the zip tie method and the hogjowlz jbweld method but I'll wait till I fully understand your problem. :-)
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Post by betty.k »

i've had wobbly wheels on clones too. and wobbly spur gears. sometimes they're even off centre :?
(wobbly = not spinning true)

you'll most likely have to pull the wheels off the axle, redrill them and remount them.
but if you're going to that much trouble you may as well use some custom rims, lego wheels, die cast wheels, slot car wheels, etc.
save the axles with dodgy wheels for a wheel mod :-o

if your problem is the one sessiz mentioned then you'll probably have to follow the same steps.
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Post by Cheesehead »

Pardon my lack of description.

The axle itself seemed to be a bit bent.
However, I think I fixed it.

Oh, and something BettyK might be interested in:
The wheel-pins on the Charge-N-Go trucks fit perfectly in the ZZSE knuckles.

With a little luck, my "rally" bit will be done soon.
Lithiums are great!
Triple the speed...
four times the duration....
And they explode if you crash them too hard!
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