GSX 3 of 4: B4 wheels?

[Allan Webster]

Someone told me B4 wheels bolt right up? So, I bought a stupid amount of wheels/tires, mounted a few sets. I went to install, the #8 nuts bound up on the front rims. So I dremeled them out. The rears, went on, as I install the nut, again, locked everythign up. I cut off the upper most hub mount. Then I had to dremel out part of the wheel on the inside to reduce the depth the pin went into the wheel. Seemed to work better, however if I really tighten up the wheel, it binds up, which meant I backed everything off a 1/8 or 1/4 turn.

Again, is there something I'm missing? Should I replace the front axles with GT axles with the small nylon type nuts?

thanks
al

[K Stevens]

Regarding B4 front wheels, I have been reversing my front wheel nut by turning the rounded end of the nut toward the wheel bearing. This clears the wheel and allows free spinning. On the B4 rears, using the Dynotech spacers alleviates some of this problem, but overtightening of the rear wheel nuts will still cause bind. Be sure that you have the wheel tightened only enough to keep the wheel from moving in and out on the axle. Too loose and you will spin the drive pin...too tight and you will bind up the drivetrain. It is a fine line adjustment, but with a little practice it gets pretty easy.

[deandog112003]

im not totally sure guys, but i think b4 make spacers that go between the bearing and the wheel pin, so you can crank down on the nut with the b4 wheel and have no worries. i have been told though this makes the gsx right at 10 1/8 and just barelly squeezes through the tech box

[Allan Webster]

Looking at the instructions, it does NOT show a spacer between the hub bearings. I've blown these out in my RC10GT RTR before. I placed the spacers between them, seemed to fix the problem. That is how bearings on motorcycles are done, so, figured it should take care of it here. Haven't done it yet. Also, the CW spacer between the outter bearing and the pin, the RC10GT uses shims. I think I'm just going to take the entire thing apart, rebuild everything. Hopefully this cures some of it? I'll have to remember to measure everything.

thanks

al

[kipp]

custom works also makes .125 wheel spacers. i think most of your problem is over tightening the wheel nuts.

[antilley]

B4 axles and spacers and it is handled.... should be right at 10 1/8 with B4 wheels... then you can tighten down and not worry about the bearing.