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[neil]

I have a plastic rim spinning on axle,,, car is new,,,took rim off to have a look, axle is not knurled. I oiled car prior to noticing this prob.
Would like to know,,,,
what I should use to cleen oil from plastic, without damage?
which glue to use for rim to axle?
is this the right remidy or is there an alternative?

replies apreciated, auto arts look good but starting to $#!# me.
Neil.

[smallnails]

I use a loctite 406 for all my super gluing. Tis dear but 20 times better than ZAP or any stuff you find at a selleys bar.

[knoath]

Neil... progress from the Auto Arts, yes they look good, but that's all. And therein lies most of the problem.
You can remove the wheels without much damage by twisting them and pulling them off the axle.
Clean with Shelite (Will get rid of the oil... available from Bunnings etc.) and drop in some superglue, replace the axle and voila. They're on there for good!
Next, remove the tyres and search for an aftermarket tyre (MJK etc.). glue them on with some waterbased kwik grip and allow to set overnite. True them up with some... maybe 800-1200 grit wet and dry, and you're set.

Seriously, look for some other brands.
Fly
Scalextric
Ninco
MRRC
NSR etc.....

Edited by knoath, 16 August 2010 - 10:32 PM.

[neil]

smallnails, on Aug 16 2010, 10:29 PM, said:

I use a loctite 406 for all my super gluing. Tis dear but 20 times better than ZAP or any stuff you find at a selleys bar.

is loctite like S/glue? as in, rim will be destroyed if I choose to remove again?

[neil]

knoath, on Aug 16 2010, 10:30 PM, said:

Neil... progress from the Auto Arts, yes they look good, but that's all. And therein lies most of the problem.
You can remove the wheels without much damage by twisting them and pulling them off the axle.
Clean with Shelite (Will get rid of the oil... available from Bunnings etc.) and drop in some superglue, replace the axle and voila. They're on there for good!
Next, remove the tyres and search for an aftermarket tyre (MJK etc.). glue them on with some waterbased kwik grip and allow to set overnite. True them up with some... maybe 800-1200 grit wet and dry, and you're set.

Seriously, look for some other brands.
Fly
Scalextric
Ninco
MRRC
NSR etc.....

I've only a few cars so far, Scalextric, Carrera, hornby.
And Auto art's,,,,, bought 4 of these as deal, can't really be disapointed, problem's seems to be consistant between all 4, apart from above mentioned, so far.
As for tyres, I'll keep orig. till I reach the canvass. But I did notice all auto art tyres have a bad finnish to the inner dia. of all inner side rubber which i'll attack with dremmell.
I'm thinking auto arts gonna give me the experiance needed for all types of probs. Shame, whilst pulling body off, I'm thinking that they were race ready with the oilites and the rest of design. But these are the first of many I'm yet to pull down.

[Davnic74]

I usually notch the axle with the Dremel then drop a bit of aireldite on the axle and slide the rim back on.

[slotbaker]

Hey Neil, did you resolve the spinning wheel problem?

[neil]

slotbaker, on Sep 2 2010, 09:26 AM, said:

Hey Neil, did you resolve the spinning wheel problem?

oops , sorry bout the late reply Mr Baker,
the answer would be no, I used a thread type lock tight which never dried.now have other car with same prob. so I've check back here for a dif solution.

[slo1quick]

neil, on Dec 1 2010, 05:35 PM, said:

slotbaker, on Sep 2 2010, 09:26 AM, said:

Hey Neil, did you resolve the spinning wheel problem?

oops , sorry bout the late reply Mr Baker,
the answer would be no, I used a thread type lock tight which never dried.now have other car with same prob. so I've check back here for a dif solution.

there are different types of loctite for different applications. loctite 406 is the one to get ! normal super glue will do. Davnic74 tip on notching a groove in the axle and araldite is a good tip too. Be sure to clean all the loctite you used off, use Shelite or even Metho. Araldite is thicker than super glu so you may need to dril a small hole in wheel axle end to let the air escape when you push the wheel back onto the axle. Just a drop is plenty.