Build Showcase cen f450

[majin]

a little slower than the castle, i havent had a chance to tow anything with it yet sadly

 

[CertifiedMike]

a little slower than the castle, i havent had a chance to tow anything with it yet sadly

Faster in reverse... like me!
Those lights are awesome! So bright!!!

 

[majin]

Faster in reverse... like me!
Those lights are awesome! So bright!!!

i agree! super bright. but sadly i can't get my gd wheel to stay on, think i strpped my adapter

 

[CertifiedMike]

i agree! super bright. but sadly i can't get my gd wheel to stay on, think i strpped my adapter

Looks like your head tech was right there to help figure out the problem!
Too bad about the adapter, cute little kid tho!

 

[majin]

well i figured out why i keep losing my wheel... but at the same time i have no clue.
somehow my wheel and axle are seperate pieces now? i dunno

i am at a loss right now lol

 

[WickedFog]

I don't see anything in that exploded view that holds the axle in

 

[majin]

I don't see anything in that exploded view that holds the axle in

right thats why I'm so confused lol, if it was missing a screw i could fix it, I'm just confused

 

[Doom!]

Have you taken apart the other side to compare them?

 

[WickedFog]

Have you taken apart the other side to compare them?

That was what I was just thinking.

@majin - take everything off the axle and post a pic of the axle. There has to be a step on that axle that holds it in there.

 

[WickedFog]

Nevermind. I found one online.

This lip is what holds the axle in. There should be a bearing on the outside of this lip. Then the straight axle adapter goes over the bearing, preventing the bearing from coming out. If the axle and bearing comes out still, then a lip inside that adapter must have worn out.

 

[majin]

Nevermind. I found one online.

This lip is what holds the axle in. There should be a bearing on the outside of this lip. Then the straight axle adapter goes over the bearing, preventing the bearing from coming out. If the axle and bearing comes out still, then a lip inside that adapter must have worn out.
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that part is golden all good, i stripped out the end of the adapter (can't imagine how lol)

so it has no way to hold the bearing in place, i took the oter side apart and a glance was all it took to figure out what has been happening,
its an 8$ repair for another stock replacement,

25 for the branded aluminum adapters,

and 130 for the aluminum axles.

i want the alminum axle set both for the strength upgrade to my already pushinit axles, down low weight, and the just look kinda cool
but thats a lotta cheddar for me, especiall with the ryft coming in soon for me to buid

i think the ecto rear axle looks like it could fit then cen! i want to swap the axles but the ecto axle housing has shafts but no diff so that idea hit a wall after i took 3 seperate axles apart looking for parts that might fit to no avail.
but its as long as the cen axle is with the adapters, and the links line up!!!

 

[majin]

so i went with the factory replacement route as i want to eventually grab a set of aluminum axles for her, ill get the aluminum adapters then,
right now i was more concerned with simply repairing.
it was a super easy replacement, honeslty everything on the cen has been a breeze to work on.