Nickarla Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I use my cars on different surfaces and want to be able to change out my wheels during the day. I’ve been using threadlock which is a pain as you need to leave it 24 hours after applying. Is there an alternative? I was going to experiment with plumbers/ptfe tape around the threads but having experienced wheel hex loss before I wanted to gather some thoughts before trying it for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Frosty Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 we use serrated flange nuts (oo'er missus) and they seem to stay on pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddinaw Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I agree serrated / ribbed wheel nuts are ideal, but a cheap solution is serrated washers. My Kronos had hopeless smooth wheel nuts that it was throwing off all the time (every outing) so I added serrated washers and they stay on perfectly. If you’re taking them on and off often I think the serrated wheel nuts would be better though, as they are not so sharp so they won’t chew up the wheels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddinaw Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I agree serrated / ribbed wheel nuts are ideal, but a cheap solution is serrated washers. My Kronos had hopeless smooth wheel nuts that it was throwing off all the time (every outing) so I added serrated washers and they stay on perfectly. If you’re taking them on and off often I think the serrated wheel nuts would be better though, as they are not so sharp so they won’t chew up the wheels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 I' am using ribbed wheel nuts with larger flanges. They have still come off in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I would say the problem is something else other than threadlock, I've never had to use threadlock on a wheel nut if everything else is perfect... You shouldn't need it unless there is something else not quite right or a bit worn/loose in your set up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Maybe, but not that I can see, so, no one hasn’t had experience with ptfe tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynet5 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 What scale? My 8th has serrated caps. Would have thought that would be standard. You don't want to be faffing with tape or thread lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Its a 1/8 Hyper ST Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynet5 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Nickarla said: Its a 1/8 Hyper ST Pro Yeah. Cool. I'd buy new hex wheel nuts then. Ones that are serrated and also capped, so crap doesn't build up in the wheel hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynet5 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Just checked the 87230h nut. Its covered, but yeah not serrated by the looks of it. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Yes, I use the Answer ones which are serrated and use rubber washer to seal and add load. Still had one fly off, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Yes, I use the Answer ones which are serrated and use rubber washer to seal and add load. Still had one fly off, lol. If it’s constantly on the same side (left I think usually) then it’s because they like to loosen themselves because of the way the wheel spins, Hobao sell some CNC hexes/nuts with left and right thread, get a set of them and it should be goodSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 I didn’t know they did that. I’ve had a quick look and nothing came up but I’ll dig a little deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Ive never threadlocked a wheelnut on in 25 years of RC? Do you have a proper wrench to really tighten them? Maybe buy some fresh nuts? is this a common problem or something that’s happened once or twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gampla Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Why not some flanged lock nutsSent from my RCT6613W23PU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 sounds like the threads are knackered if the wheel nuts are coming loose etc i use those cheap ebay 17mm cover cap ones on both truggy and buggy and never had one come off even on 6s,that plumber tape will help a little but better to sort the threads now tbh,id take an axle off the rc fit a nut and try pulling it by hand see if it slips over the thread then u know u need new ones 👍 only time i had a wheel come off was on the savvy xl as it has the silly little 12mm tamiya nuts on a 1/8th lol 😂 but at least they were flanged like Gampla said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 To be honest this only happens once because after than one occasion I used threadlock. I’ve never had an issue since but then I’ve never not used threadlock since. I will consider the other suggestions, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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