Dillio! thank you my friend. Hope you've been doing well. I tell ya, the competitive world of RC racing is a crazy thing. Chasing anything to help shave off your time.
Can't thank you enough for the instructions. Excellent demonstration of how a tutorial is done. Clear and concise steps (making it so one has an understanding of the process). Extra personal tips were a nice touch. Liked and Subscribed. Cheers.
I greatly appreciate the compliment and support! Thats what the channel is for. Helping others when I can. Best of luck to you in all your RC adventures and thank you again.
I have a buggy and I often saw my poorly glued tires do have a heavy unbalance to it. But for this model I don't care. I have a thing for balanceing propellers. I think I try this on my new street model
Nordlicht you will likely be surprised by the difference it will create. Some people dont bother with tire balancing. Often if a tire is not too far off naturally its no big deal. But when it really off balance you really see the difference in how the car handles unbalanced vs balanced. Thank you for the comment and support.
@@glennleh9328 I hear ya there. I've been in or around the hobby for 20 plus years. Still learn new things. Have fun with it and best of luck in all your RC Racing adventures.
@Swenser, I hope I understand the question correctly. But if the wheel is not already uniform in shape you will likely have a hard time. I have unfortunately seen a few that were not uniform both in shape and in the hex area due to manufacturing error. I just threw those out. Thankfully its only happened a couple of times. However, if it's out of shape circularly, you may be able to use a heat gun to reshape, but it may not be worth the struggle.
Oh man I hate to hear that. I hope you get the one that you want and get it in a fast a safe manner. I have also had some failed or poor delivery issues in the past. Hang in there and I greatly appreciate the comment and support.
The amount of runout on the example seems a little excessive. I would be curious how much that would affect handling. I never really thought much about balancing tires when I raced. We usually ran foams as that was legal in the classes we used to run. Seems like rubber tires have the thing in the recent years. Great tutorials 👍👊😎
Jerald I greatly appreciate the comment and support. To be honest, the Traxxas slash class cars all have excessive play in areas one way or another. There's probably 3 degrees camber (plus and minus) in suspension movement just due to loose factory fitment of parts. Some of that will settle. Some won't. I run foams on my 21.5 and 17.5 dirt oval cars and love those as well.
@@ellisb1451 I meant it as in the Traxxas slash cars in stock form all have excessive play in areas. I've talked about it in other videos as well. Especially in the camber adjustment areas. To be expected with these cars with stock parts (which is how most of our classes are ran)
@@ellisb1451 just to elaborate more in case it seemed I was dissing the Traxxas that is not the case. I have two dirt oval Traxxas cars and have just as much fun with them as I do my GFRP 21.5 car. The way I originally worded that comment was poorly worded.
Hey Zack Ride, I greatly appreciate the comment and question. I actually cover some caster and a good bit on camber in my dirt oval and pan car basic setup and tuning episodes. If you scroll through my videos you see both of those. Let me know if they help cover what you're looking for.
Have u ever cut out a lexan bodies I got one that needs painted and cut and I'm 1yr new to the hobby with hobby grades I mean I have two rtrs but I want to put a new body on one of them
Hey Charles. Oh yeah I mount and cut new bodies often. The best advice I can give it marked them when they are clear. As in mark where your body's posts will be. Ream those out then mark where your tires will be. What kind of body and car do you have?
Awesome to hear the video helped Scott! Thank you for the support. Funny story is Cole Trickle and Days if Thunder is how I got my nickname and the #51 racing number.
Hy. How did you fix the wheel on that rod?I mean, those silicone washers on both ends should not slide back when you push them toward the wheel, right?
Thats correct. Mine had a silicone "o-ring" that would slide and hold the black bushings in place and tight enough against the wheels so it wouldnt back off. plus the spring on the other side to help hold the tension. I appreciate the comment and hope you find this helpful.
@@jbtricklerc mine is identical (diferent brand) and have two silicone o-rings..but they are sliding back when I push them against the springs. :/ I assemble all like on the manual that commes with it, but no chance they will stay in place. Must be doing something elementary wrong...
@@perichi101 Thats interesting. It is possible that they just simply sent the silicon o-rings that were bigger than they are supposed to be. In the mean time, I'd go get some o-rings from an auto parts store something that fits more snug, maybe used two or 3 to help keep it on. Another option would be a wire linkage with set screw. Like the Bolink/RJ Speed Legends Steering linkage, they are also used on RC airplanes. That would allow you to slide it on and tighten the set screw.
Chase, I believe I ordered mine off of eBay. But Amazon likely have them as well. There's a few different brands that are similar. This one was a DuBro I believe.
Joe Louis great question. For me personally, sometimes yes sometimes no. Usually if I notice something doesn't look or feel right with the tire or I notice the balancing clay or a weight got knocked loose/off I will. I have occasionally checked on a set after a few or several races before just to see. I've personally never had anything go substantially off balance again on a tire and wheel that was still in good shape (as in not beat up and torn up). The times I have seen a big difference was due to some type of damage usually. But, keeping a check on it definitely wont hurt at all. Peace of mind is always a good thing.
Hey David, those are old shock pistons. The stock balance rod has the cones more off center, since these tires are wider than an airplane prop, I used them as spacers to get the wheel and tire a little more centered.
Amen. For years I thought it was bs until I finally balanced a set and picked up a good amount of speed not to mention the handling increase. Well worth the time period
no way would I run that wheel and tire either the wheel is warped or the the tire is out of round you should have checked it before you glued it spin the wheel up separate to verify wheel is good then mount tire with no glue and spin it come on man!!
that I know of i see a local sponcered dude that wins 10000 ientry Amain in buggys and he places well aginst world class guys he dooesnt balance any none of his crew balance .
LOL! Thats no way to be with such a negative Nancy attitude and comment. But... thank you for comment and view regardless, it helps with the RU-vid Algorithm.
