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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!

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 .

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

Bummer

what did you have in mind?

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

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...

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.

Luckily I have access to a mill

bngiles wrote: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

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.

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