Tires
05-10-2011, 10:32 AM
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Tires
So the wheel nuts on my flux are ridiculously tight from the factory. I can't get them off. They're so tight they started to strip when I tried to take them off so I stopped trying. How can I get them off? Should I heat them up? thanks
05-10-2011, 11:00 AM
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RE: Tires
I'm using an 8mm wrench from dynamite I had to buy. HPI suggests a glow plug wrench for them but since I've never owned a nitro I didn't have one. The dynamite wrench is pretty long and its hard to get torque with it. I mean wow, these things wont budge!
05-10-2011, 11:10 AM
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RE: Tires
Get yourself a 1/4" drive metric 6-point socket set with an extension. I don't know about the Dynamite wrench, but many glowplug wrenchs are soft metal and poorly formed. They can slip if used on wheelnuts that are very tight.
05-10-2011, 11:26 AM
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Ah, I actually have a socket wrench like that. It just took me forever to find the correct socket. I was looking for it before but gave up. I found it in the bottom of one of my old toolboxes. Took a lot of wrenching but I got them. Thanks.
05-11-2011, 11:33 AM
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RE: Tires
LOL I tell ya what...I've broken LOTS of parts in my short time so far in the hobby, but I haven't ever stripped a wheel hex before. Never say never right ?
