Proline Epic Beadlocs on the rear of SDT

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Well today was a wheel project day to fit rear Proline Epic Beadloc and Slash Switch tires (1076-12, 2.2 x 2.2) on the rear of my Speed T. Offset was good. I bought Traxxas hex adapters tall offset #3654 and a piece of copper tube that is 7/32 x .014 to make axle shim spacers. The Losi axle is smaller in diameter than the the Traxxis axles. I put a piece of the tubing in a drill and used sand paper to take the tubing down to the size I needed. I used my dremel and cut off wheel to notch the axle shim tube for the drive pin and split it so that it would compress and fit tightly. I will post a picture later. Drive pins have to be shorten also for the Traxxas hex. Took me around 30 minutes to do both sides on the rear. I ran a bit and then took the tires off and taped them. One of the guys here in the RV Park is experimenting with stick on sand paper on the inside of the loc ring to help keep the bead from pulling free. Running on a paved oval with these tires creates that issue from time to time. But they hold the track very well! I have ran these tires on Losi DT wheels, but I hate the glueing issues. Pain in the behind.

Next will be to fit Losi front wheel hubs into another set of Epic wheels. It appears that if I cut the hub/bearing carrier out of a Losi wheel and bore the hex hub out of the Epic wheel I should be able to mate them up. One concern is the wheels are Nylon which does not glue well. I believe I will leave a flange on the out edge of the hub and press the new hub in from the outside to the inside, so that the wheel will be captive on the new hub.

I have limited tools here so may have to wait until I get home in the spring.

I will report more later.

Chris

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OK, here are a couple pictures. Working on front now. Chris
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/snoking1127/dscf0466a.jpg
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Double post.

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Well, I cut the hubs out of two old front Losi SDT/DT wheels and drilled out the center of another set of rear Proline Epic wheels. I have only ran it on the street for a few minutes and it is raining so will not be on the track for a couple days.

I drilled out the wheel center and female hex area to 1/2" and turned the Losi hub to slightly larger than 1/2". To get the track offset correct, the hub sticks out of the wheel quite a bit.

The problem seems to be, what do you glue nylon with that will hold the hub in place. I made the fit fairly tight and had to push pretty hard to get the hub in. Then I put a little CA glue on it. Maybe when I get home in the spring, I will make a metal insert that bolts in the wheel, or try spin welding the hub to the nylon wheel.

This is still a work in progress at this point.

Chris
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/snoking1127/DSCF0474.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/snoking1127/DSCF0480.jpg
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I like that you had the same idea as me. Well sort of. Fitting the rear wheels of a short course truck on the losi speed/desert truck is easy. I'm wondering if proline beadlock wheels designed to fit the SC10 front end will work on our trucks??? Try that out yet?

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I do not know. What is the bearing size setup on these wheels? From the picture they appear to be a wheel that carries the bearings! Chris