17mm hubs

[Bkyd Basher]

Hey guys, my hubs have a ton of play in them and I'm gonna buy new. Which ones should i get that will stay tight the longest. I have a 5308 and i think they changed the design didnt they?

 

[olds97_lss]

I run esavage 17mm hubs with the appropriate flange nuts. Got tired of replacing my hubs a couple times a year due to the incessant wobble.
http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/86925/

May be getting hard to find though... Tower lists them as discontinued.

 

[joshman1204]

If you want the best no slop solution look into tekno carriers and stub axles. This setup has almost 0 slop and is super strong.

 

[Bkyd Basher]

My play is not in the carriers, its all in the adaptor. I can move the wheel around on the truck and see the tip of the stub axle movin up and down in the 17mm adaptor. I will check into the others mentioned above. I thought there were 2 different traxxas adaptors, one that was upgraded to stay tighter longer.

 

[joshman1204]

The benefit to the tekno carriers is that it uses a 8mm stub axle and also comes with its own adapters that are way better than the traxxas setup.

Check it out here: http://www.teknorc.com/shop/tkr1014-axle-carriers-and-17mm-adapters-revo-maxx/

 

[Bkyd Basher]

The benefit to the tekno carriers is that it uses a 8mm stub axle and also comes with its own adapters that are way better than the traxxas setup.

Check it out here: http://www.teknorc.com/shop/tkr1014-axle-carriers-and-17mm-adapters-revo-maxx/

Oh ok i got ya, except those hubs will not fit in my wheels. Mine are not smooth 6 sided on the geode wheels.

 

[2revo1maxx]

If you're gonna run traxxas 17mm wheels you're gonna need traxxas 17mm hubs.....or be real careful with a dremel. I use glow plug washers behind the hubs to remove some of the slop.

 

[Snook Man]

There were 2 different designs of the traxxas 17mm hubs. The originals wore very quickly and are long since gone, its doubtful you could even get them now. The later design lasts longer before the slop develops and you can always modify them to remove the slop when it occurs.

 

[Bkyd Basher]

There were 2 different designs of the traxxas 17mm hubs. The originals wore very quickly and are long since gone, its doubtful you could even get them now. The later design lasts longer before the slop develops and you can always modify them to remove the slop when it occurs.

Ok thanks i thought i heard that b4. Mine is the 5308 so maybe there the first design. I am in the process of modifying a set of ofna adaptors to fit my traxxas wheels. I could easily modify the wheels to make the straight hexs fit, but i think the snowflake kinda design the traxxas adaptors would have alot less chance of spinning in the wheel. We previously had a few of the straight 14mm traxxas wheels spin out.

 

[olds97_lss]

Are these the new ones?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAVTG&P=ML

With these being the old?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXUTG9&P=ML

The first ones look like they bore them out bigger so you can thread an insert onto the axle to keep it from grinding away at the hub. A lot of guys did that by making inserts. I did it by grinding down axle nuts. Was a pain... guessing their version fits better though.

 

[2revo1maxx]

That means all 4 sets of mine are the older style

 

[Snook Man]

The 1st link is for the slash and I believe the XO-1 also uses them as well and will not fit the stock revo stub axle correctly (depth). They are different design than the 2nd link which are the hex’s that have been redesigned I was referring too. It’s been several years since the redesign of the hex and traxxas never announced it. I just measure a lot of things and found it myself, just like there are 2 different style connecting rods that have been used in the 3.3 engine that most people don’t know about either.

 

[Bkyd Basher]

Well dam, guess i will just live with the slop

 

[ozziii]

The hubs in that 2nd link look the same as the hubs that came standard on my Revo, if they are then it doesn't take long for the slop to appear. My Revo (& my brothers) is only 2 months old & already has a good bit of slop. ATM I have wrapped some electrical tape around the axles & put the hubs back on over the tape, it removes the slop but is only a short term fix, it works though.