Wheels for a Wild Willy?

[Brandon G]

Probably more appropriate in the Clodtalk, but oh well.

Will Midnight Pumpkin wheels fit on the Wild Willy 2? Tires the same size as well?

Thanks!

[Synergy]

The WW2 wheels are a hex fit, the pumpkins aren't so they won't be a direct fit you will have to do some conversion work but I don't know to what degree .

[shodog]

Ferreti's right. You would need some really long axles in the rear to make it work.

[Brandon G]

Bummer

[shodog]

what did you have in mind?

[highwayracer]

Are you willing to modify the pumpkin wheels. You can grind down the wheels so that only about 1-2 mm of the rear bolt patern is left. you can then get a hex to blackfoot adapter.

I don't know what the wild willy axles look like. Do they have a pin that holds the hex? If so, just get rid of the hex and put some blackfoot/hornet parts (I don't know what the parts are called...the ones that slide over the rear axle).

The last option would be to get some A&L rear axle extenders for kyosho cars. This was used in conjunction with their truck wheel conversions.

hope this helps...


highwayracer

[Brandon G]

See's gold insert aluminum wheels for the pumpkin. Was hoping they fit on the WW2. I guess I could get the rear hub adapters and the offset nuts. All of a sudden this is getting more complicated than I originally hoped. If I remember correctly, the hexes have a crosspin behind them. Are the tires the same diameter? Offset would be my next question...

[shodog]

To get these to work, you would have to mill off the backside of the hub on the wheel. Not terribly hard if you have access to a mill. I had planned on doing up a set of wheels my WW2 also.

[Brandon G]

Luckily I have access to a mill

[aconsola]

See's gold insert aluminum wheels for the pumpkin.

I'd love to have a set of those, I would put them where they belong, on a gold lunchbox:
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=49459

[aconsola]

there are wheel wideners for the tlt that might work. they are basically really long axles that they put a spacer on. you could just drill a second pin hole closer to the dogbone side , and that would give you more room for the hub adapters and wheel.
something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/TOBEE-CRAFT-TLT1-WIDE-TREAD-KIT-16MM-TAMIYA-TLT-1-42980_W0QQitemZ300211904120QQihZ020QQcategoryZ34061QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That would keep you from having to modify the whels.

[highwayracer]

If that's the size of the drive cup, you can probably use axles from the re-release frogs and drill a hole. Another option (but rare) would be to find the clamping rear (hub thing) for a blackfoot. Thorp makes a set that's usually anodized in red.

regards,
highwayracer