What are these wheels?

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:35 am

I've got these front wheels that I have no clue what they are...

The one with the metal square I've seen on this board before. Are these Yokomo? Are they Nylon? Can I dye them? I suppose they fit as front RC10 wheels and tires?

The other front wheels are very weird. The picture is not so good sorry. The hole is very small and there is no place to put bearings on them... On one side, the hole is bordered by a star shape as if they were to be mounted on a driving axle... I mean as if they where used for traction (4WD) instead of passive front 2WD wheels.

I have never seen this before....

Post by **terry.sc** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:20 am

The wheels with the alloy adapters are Yokomo wheels. The adapters appeared after the 1989 worlds, when Yokomo came out with the 2.2" wheel and tyre. For a short while the only way to run 2.2" tyres was to use Yokomos wheels, even after other companies started making 2.2" wheels the Yokomo ones were still popular, especially with Associated drivers using a Yokomo in 4wd as by using adapters you only need one type of wheel.

They can be dyed as they are nylon.

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:23 am

Cool thanks for that.

Still need to figure out what the other wheels are...

Post by **mrlexan** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:36 am

The other looks to be for the Losi XX...... I will take another look at my manual to be sure.

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:26 am

Yeah, it's a Losi 2wd front. The cars had spindles on bearings so that you didn't have to replace front bearings in each set of fronts you ran. Cool idea, but no one else uses anything like that, so the wheel is good for Losi 2wd cars, and that's it.

They still use that style wheel on current 2wd Losi XXXCR buggies, too.

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:26 am

Goint to ebay then... I'll try to get the tires off though. I could use those.

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:32 am

The Yokomo w/adapter probably has some value, but the Losi front wheels are about $4 new (and still available everywhere). Not much eBay value on those.

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:16 am

I see. Thanks. I'll try to get the tires off and keep the rims for a box on ebay juck...

I'll dye the Yokomo wheels. I kinda like the idea of having front 4WD tires on the gold tub buggy. I think it looks cool.

Post by **wyldbill** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:55 pm

thoes losi fronts are the wheels that we use at birdsboro on the rear for schumacher stagger rib tires all around. they can be used with losi street weapon hex adapters on the rear. the adapter is like a 3/8 or 9.5 mm hex.its a hard adapter to find since they stopped making them and i think we used just about all of them i forget the part #. they re relased them but they are thinner then what they used to be. the wheels also came in a 5 star version also.

Post by **BEAR_1** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:48 pm

YGPM, GRIZZLY

Post by **templeofspeed** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:53 pm

BEAR_1 wrote:YGPM, GRIZZLY

What happened, Jim? You seem to have lost your old self... New board layout getcha?

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