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Wheel wobble on my 2.5 MAXX

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Grave

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Hi Guy's I was out bashing my MAXX yesterday afternoon with a buddy & noticed between tanks... My MAXX wheels on the front seem to be a bit wobbley I always check my wheel nut's befor each run & check them again after about the 2-3 run.. I looked closely & nothing seems to be out of the norm with wheels / shocks / A-Arm's / shafts ECT.. The only thing I can guss I have worn out my Stock bearing's
 
The bearings are a possibility along with out of balance tires due to sand inside the wheels. Check bearings first and if the problem is till there try rotating wheels front to back.
 
have you checked the alen keys nuts on the upper and lower a arm? i have to keep mine a few turns loose so the thing will steer properly and just live with the wobble
 
Thanks guys never thought of moving tire's around alen key nut's looked fine upon my 1st inspection. My friend metioned dirt inside the tires too I am going to switch the tires around & see what happends. Than if problem is still there I will replace bareings but my GUT FEELING is the Bearings are bad.. Thanks
 
When i still had my revo it developed a horrible rear tire wobble and i found it to be a bunch of sand inside my tire. So once i got the tire off the wheel and cleaned it out, taped it and re glued it back the wobble went away.
 
Could also be water in there. I put holes in my tires so the water wrings itself out when I'm running. I use a dremel with a 1/8" drill bit and gently burn/drill holes in the tire right in the center of the tread at 6 and 12. Has really helped my issues out as I run in wet conditions a lot.
 
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