17mm hex/adapter for a 5mm axle?????
 

Can anyone help me find what im looking for? ive been looking through alot of sites and havent found any hexs or adapters to run a 17mm hex buggy wheels on my LS10's 5mm alxes. A point in a right direction would be much apperciated.

thanks

Here is the best I can come up with.

First maximizer make an adapter from a std 12mm hex to 14mm. It is usable as most 12mm hexes are on 5mm axles. So it should fit the ls10 (and the crt.5, my intended use)

Maximizer 14mm adapter

Now, GS Racing make an adapter to go from 14mm to 17mm. Iis basically a sleeve that fits over the 14mm hex to enlarge it to 17mm, a washer of sorts that is hex shaped and made of 1.5mm thick plastic.

14mm to 17mm adapter

I ordered the gs racing adapter and need to order the maximizer adapter from the lhs. When I get it in, next week, I will let you know how it works. I plan to use some buggy wheels with badlands tires. My only issue will be to figure out what nut and washer combo will work to hold the wheel on. Any idea or link to a flanged nut that will fit the ls10 and crt.5 axles?

doesn't the emaxx use a 5mm flanged nut?

I too would like to see them, if they exist. A while back I designed a set for my Rustler, but nothing came of that drawing.

I never put visual threads on the part, but you can see where they would go.

It is one size too big on the thread, the ls10 and crt.5 use a m4 thread (I think), the emaxx is m5 or larger. They make a killer flanged nut for the savage, but it is too big (thread size) but it will fit the emaxx axles.

Savage flanged wheel nut

Maybe this would help you. Check for wheel adapters
http://www.pro-lineracing.com/proline.html

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXTHY6&P=7 just come across those, doesnt the axail crawler run 5mm axles?????

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...oducts_id/6721

These are for the Lightning GT10 to make the stock GT10 14mm hex wheel fit it. Its a stock item and a direct fit for the Lightning Staduim 10. Not sure about a 17mm adapter though. Just thought Id throw it out incase it helps.

EDIT: With these hexes stock Maxx 14mm wheels work perfectly. I used them all the time on my nitro GT10.

Ross, I think that those are for the axial beadlocks that fit maxx trucks, so the axle size will be too big.

bummer lincpimp i though i had gotten lucky.......what size hex does the proline wabash wheels use? if its 17mm then i can trim the adapters down and just use the right size washer to fill out from my stock axle nut to the buggy wheels....

im pretty sure maxx size wheels/race tires would be a little tall. most 1/8 scale buggy tires are 4.6 inches compared to 5.5inches being the shortest maxx tire you can get.

Rustlers use a 5mm axle, and integy makes 17mm adapters for them.

yea but the integy ones stick out like an extra inch and that wouldnt last one lap around the track lol and i already go through wheel bearings fast enough.

IM pretty sure i can make this work.... http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXMUG0&P=7 .... in the tech specs it says the hex is 16.45mm i think with some careful application of hard .25mm thick tape, some trimming off the end, and the right washers they go on pretty easy.

what do ya think of that idea?

solution found:
http://www.neweramodels.com/item.cgi...=&part_id=8597

just checked, and the mt2 axle's are 5mm ;)

Nice find!

haha, no prob. i got them a few months ago for my project :)
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7610/pc161260wu6.jpg

only problem on my truck, is the 1/8 buggy rims rub the shocks, but 17mm mt rims work fine.. and my trucks an mt2 not a ls10, so idk if that'll be a factor.

i cant get newera's site to work, im gonna try it at school later, but from the looks of that picture they are exactly what we are looking for.

I can't seem to make the site work either, guess I will try back later.

ross, PM me your address and i'll send you a set of the axial adapters you linked earlier. i have 2 sets i can't use that came with my axial narrowed 40 series beadlocks i got for my crawler. you can see if they'll work. if not, pitch 'em. :mdr:

Wasn't working for me earlier today, but it comes up now.....

my bad. the axial adapters are 6mm, not 5 (made for an emaxx).

i got my vantage 1/8th scale wheels in today (im digging the spokes) and the newera adapters should be here tomorrow, i havent bought tires yet since i not sure wether to go with the crimefighters or something else. i dont see me having any clearance issues the wheels have a TON of room compared to the 2.2 truck wheels, i could check this to make sure if you (A4DTM) could tell me how far the outside face of the buggy wheel sits from the drive pin in the axle......that would be alot of help thanks ahead of time

14.00mm from inside hex surface, to outside wheel face
28.80mm from inside hex surface, to inside wheel rim
75mm inside dia.

edit. i hope that's what you mean

yea im trying to figure out how far out on the axles the wheel will sit when i get the adapters on there. so its about .55 of and inch (14mm) to the outside face of the wheel from the drive pin hole in the axle?

I don't know if I'm too late with this, but I had seen 12mm-17mm hex adapters. These were no extensions, just hexes that went over the 12mm ones. Then there are these washers that go on the outside and gets fasten with the bold.

12-17mm adapters

there are all of these as well.

Out of that list, these look like the best bet. I will give my maximizer 12-14mm adapter with the gs racing 14-17mm adapter a try and see how it does on the crt.5.

do they make 1/2 inch offset BUGGY wheels? i got my adapter on there and the truck is and inch and a half narrower.....nothing rubs but id like it to be as wide as it was with the 2.2 wheels

good question.. bump.

after seeing them on linc's Hyper-pede i looked and found Low Profile panther komodo dragon tires that are 5 inches tall (these are supposed to be very light and small for a truggy/Mt tire and mount on a 3.3" wheel (such as the Jammin's).Then i could get the truggy wheels in which ever offset i needed.......Lincpimp is helping me find out more on the tires and wheels.

why dont you use panther komodos?
they look great on a pede, a similar size to the ls10.

EDIT: oops. saw you got rims..... actidentally skipped page two. :oops:

I used to have Komodo's on a FLM Stampede I owned. They are very low profile, actually closer to 4.5" rather than 5". With using them, You should only need some wheels like this and your 17mm adapters you have:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXPYL2&P=7

how well do the komodo's hook up? and last? Crimefighters seem to be the fave at the track im gonnna be going to, its got a whole mix of dirt from red clay to blue groove to sandy fine stuff.

They aren't a huge difference in tread pattern versus the Crimefighters. They should work well for that kind of track though if folks are happy with Crimefighters.