Hey guy's how about a thread letting every body know about any tips or tricks you have that can help all of us. Anything really that could make our hobby easier, cheeper & more fun!

For example
If you find a product that can be used as a bearing cleaner. I found Dry Cleaning Fluid (It's in the same plastic bottles as Kero) perfect for cleaning bearings. Its cheep about $3.00 from Bunnings for a litre.

Just put it in a jar, drop the bearings in & give it a shake, Dry them on a cloth, most of it will evaporate, a bottle will last years.

PS Don't light a smoke while you are using it!

Hope we can all share some good ideas.
Over to you.

Shellite is commonly used for cleaning bearings, and sounds the same as what you're suggesting there.

TIPS:

-break in your diff. once assebled in the car put on the rear wheels, hold one of them and accelerate gently and do the same for the other side. tighten slightly the diff then repeat. do this around 3 times tightening each time

-buy batteries from Greg, they are cheap and good

-drive a good car when you can, and try and buy one as quickly as possible. this way you will learn how to set it up. buy good brands also, not old crappy things if you have been racing for at least 1 year or more.

-always have good quality tools

-go brushless if you want to race mod

-figure out the meaning of life before you die

To remove the paint from your body, use DOT-3 brake fluid. Let it soak overnight and the paint will glide off with your fingers. Brake fluid is bad for your skin and has a nasty smell to it so wear gloves.

Edit: I have heard of a side-effect in using this method. People say the body becomes slightly brittle after doing this.

HERES A TIP dont use accetone to remove paint, it will disolve your body with it too LOL

heres another tip. when cutting the masking tape to make patterns for the paint job, make sure you dont make marks on the body. it will weaken the body at those points and eventually likely to split the body when the car crashes...

best to make cut the patterns on the tape before you apply the tape.

mix 50/50 nail polish and metho and you can remove paint! just test on a scrap peice before hand.

Dont listen to the guy next to you with his setup tips unless he is in the top 3 qualifiers at the meeting and running at track record pace.

Well said!!

check to see your mod motor wasnt rebuilt with reverse rotation. driving a car like a forklift round the track sure may be piss funny, but its definately not the hot set up.

How can i remove the tire from the rim??? My rims are in good condition and would like to reuse them.

me too would like to know a good method to remove tyres from the rims. Theres no good throwing away good condition rims when it could be recycled/reused.

In the old days we would soak the rims in accetone overnight. Note: this stuff will destory plastic rims. It works for Nylon wheels.

If this is not an option, cut the tyers off, get ya self a 'bastard' file and start grinding.

I find my rims scratch, crack or get dirty more quickly than the tires. Rims will probably not be as round or balanced as they once were after using a whole set of tires on them. I always get new rims if i get new tires (and they are usually the cheapest part of a new set). It would be so hard to remove all of the rubber from a used rim without destroying it. The old rubber will make the new rubber not sit flush so would make you loose grip.

If there is any reason you might want to reuse rims (special ones or something) then you probably have to file the rubber off. I did buy some carbon rims once, they were black, rock hard and spoked. They were pretty good (apart from the tire on them was crap), but i could not get the rubber off properly. If you glued the tires on properly then they should be very hard to get off.

I recommend just getting new rims, its not worth the effort, and will give you better performance. I do recommend reusing the inserts though. They dont get bashed around as much and can be reused a couple of times. They can get deformed, but the moulded ones are generally good. Still after a while you should replace it.

Just my 2cents

boil rims to get tyres of but you will destroy the rubber and the insert.