Originally Posted by
Granpa
I'm almost speechless. I've been posting on this thread for close to 10 years and this may be the worst piece of advice I've ever seen posted by anyone. JC glue both sides especially if you run anywhere with a straight longer than 20 or 30 feet. The tire will come off the rim on the unglued side.
Reusing wheels is okay, but there are rims you probably should not. The softer rims like the Sweep rims, I'd probably not reuse. Certain of the Tamiya rims are substantial enough to reuse. The "foam" inserts like the Tamiya ones should not be reused. The molded inserts like the Sweeps, Rides etc can be reused a number of times. Frankly this is something I don't do, except for reusing the molded inserts. Wheels are inexpensive and cleaning the cyano off is best done in a lathe. Plus you can check them for being true or not.
Sorry, but gluing just one side is just horrible advice. It will lead to all sorts of weird angling issues I would think, but would not know for sure. Logic would tell me it would.
No worries, you have a closed mind or just lack experience, and go to your own conclusions too fast. You speak about M03's, I speak from a variety of cars. For TC racing I glue both sides and do no reuse the wheels. For M-chassis, and even some off-road, no issue. Also confused as to your question about the lip of the wheel. When I say lip of the wheel, I am talking about the physical lip of the m-chassis wheel.
It is funny why you mentioned 'inexpensive' so I should replace my pieces each time. It's not about the price. Do you think I am trying to save a few bucks here and there to save money?
Let me remind you that I play with real cars too. One wheel costs $1K + $350 tires each, where I come from and own several sets of wheels per car. I don't do this to save money, rather I do this for the sake of not wasting good parts.
Sometime I wonder if your comments are valid. Yes, you made me mad. (not really)