Tires Rubbing

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:23 pm

Hey , my tires on my bit clone that I did the full size wheel conversion on rub really bad. Do you guys have this problem to? If so , what have you done to fix it?

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:32 pm

Get some sand paper and start widening those wheel wells. Sometimes the you might be binding on the chassis itself. There, you'll have to get creative. Read the article on the full wheel mod, I'm sure problem is covered somewhere in there.

Maxx

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:37 pm

The body clears fine , Its the chassis that its hitting.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:39 pm

You can also sand or x-acto knive away much of the inner wheel well on those S-2000's without making the wheel well itself larger.
(Referring to the outter body lines of the wheel well of course)

Trust me, I've done 7 or more of them.
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45tr0 · Post by **45tr0** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:04 pm

SHAUN wrote:The body clears fine , Its the chassis that its hitting.

I take it its hitting behind the wheel on the larger part of the chassis?

you'll have to take off the wheels, and dremel/cut some clearance aon the main tub of the chassis where it rubs. If you go slow with a grinding stone on the dremel you can reshape the plastic until you've got more space behind the wheel for clearance.

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:23 pm

Ya , I finnally figured that out , but I left everything on and just went with the x-acto knife , I cut through the chassis but fixed it with some glue.

Thanks guys.

Oh , I forgot CW I'm suprised that those big ass wheels I got tucked under that S2K body don't rub at all , not a bit.

45tr0 · Post by **45tr0** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:20 pm

glad you got it worked out. how is the steering now it's got clearance?

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:35 am

Yup , works like magic. I love this bit , to me it is the perfect bit , large wheels , ZZ blue gear set , decent hard wired motor , spring front suspion.

I was thinking someday , I might just cut out both those wheel well parts and get some thin styrene and replace them.

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:08 am

SHAUN wrote:Yup , works like magic. I love this bit , to me it is the perfect bit , large wheels , ZZ blue gear set , decent hard wired motor , spring front suspion.

I was thinking someday , I might just cut out both those wheel well parts and get some thin styrene and replace them.

Why not now, while it's still being built? Cuz once it's up and running you won't want to pull it down again. Plus, it makes it that much more custom, and you learn so much more.
You'll be sooooo confident for your future projects.

Maxx

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:06 am

Only styrene I got right now is some walmart cards.