ZZ MT form a regular ZZ?

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Get your self some vise grips and clamp on to the axle, start pulling and twisting after that.
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I just found out the easist way to take the out of the axel.
Grab em' w/ some pliers and hold one wheel and then take a lighter or other heat source(but lighter works best) and heat up the axle for a couple of seconds and then BAM!!! it slides off. Just make sure to not heat up the axel too long or it might melt the wheel itself :-o

EDIT: To make hte front wheels, it says to use bushings. What are the bushings made out of?
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brass. try a craft shop, i got mine from a model boat shop.
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oh ok, thanks betty. What size tube was it?
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not sure, just get the smallest you can.
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The way I find these things out--because I hate doing things the right way--is to go to the hobby shop or hardware store with the axle/pin and start sticking it in tubes to see where it fits best...kind of like in high-school...Oh wait that was something else I kept getting in trouble for trying to stick in. 8-)
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sidewinder wrote:The way I find these things out--because I hate doing things the right way--is to go to the hobby shop or hardware store with the axle/pin and start sticking it in tubes to see where it fits best...kind of like in high-school...Oh wait that was something else I kept getting in trouble for trying to stick in. 8-)
Lol, I'm with you on that!!! :-o
Well, I finished it without the bushings. My nextone will be better. Here are some pics of my first mod:

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Post by civicsr2cool »

pretty sweet man :-o

prolly better than my first mods, well ya, my first mods weren't shit..

what do you have planned for the body? i see something over on the side :???:
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Looks like you're off to a great start :-o Keep up the good work.
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Thanks guys, you guys ar my motivation, mainly cause my cousins arent into this. Yeah, that thing on the left side, that body was from a dollar store "diecast" car set. I noticed it wasn't wide enought so I'm gonnna try another body from the set. If that doesn't work, I have an Evo bit body. But I have to cut it to make it longer. I was jsut wondering where to cut. if you guys need Pics, I'll take some.
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Post by sidewinder »

It depends on the body but try to find the flatest place...

this is a real simple explination but it might help.

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Edit: My bad, wrong button. :fool:
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OO, ok. I'm gonna have to goe with strenght than looks. But I was thinking of just making a roll cage glued directly on to the chassis. But here are some pics on the car body I need to strech. Adn heres a hummer body form the dicast set.

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