Senton So I'm not entirely sure how I broke this tire.

[MadBackyardBasher44]

Sooo I was just bashing my 6s Senton at the park in the grass and suddenly my tire falls off. I figure it was just yet another hex nut sacrifice to the bashing good but instead...

 

[DoNoHarm]

Nut came loose, wheel hex stripped, axle was spinning and burned a hole into the wheel, annnd then that happens. It used to happen to me all the time in my slash 4x4 because of the 12mm hexes... on my senton I haven’t had the issue yet, I always crank those hexes down.

 

[olds97_lss]

Yep. That blows. lol!

Maybe you tightened it too much making the center weak?

 

[DoNoHarm]

Yep. That blows. lol!

Maybe you tightened it too much making the center weak?

Nah man, that’s impossible. And you’d destroy the bearings long before that, it’s definitely burned.

 

[olds97_lss]

Nah man, that’s impossible. And you’d destroy the bearings long before that, it’s definitely burned.

Think about that for a minute...

 

[DoNoHarm]

Lol I’m thinking

 

[olds97_lss]

Just curious, have you taken off the other wheels yet? I wonder if the hex itself is deeper than the hub hex is thick, which causes the tire to rub the axle carrier itself. With the torque of 6S... I could see it grinding away/heating up things. Odd that it happened to only one though if that's the case.

 

[MadBackyardBasher44]

Just curious, have you taken off the other wheels yet? I wonder if the hex itself is deeper than the hub hex is thick, which causes the tire to rub the axle carrier itself. With the torque of 6S... I could see it grinding away/heating up things. Odd that it happened to only one though if that's the case.

No I haven't gotten a chance to just yet but I'll update when I get off duty.

 

[Kingleo619]

Nut came loose, wheel hex stripped, axle was spinning and burned a hole into the wheel, annnd then that happens. It used to happen to me all the time in my slash 4x4 because of the 12mm hexes... on my senton I haven’t had the issue yet, I always crank those hexes down.

That happened to my rustler, nut was screwed one too many times, and back off a lil too much torque you got