Granite Wheels

[Don Keyballs]

Hey everyone!
New to forum, and reintroducing myself back into the hobby.
I have just purchased a new granite 3s. First thing to happen was the steering servo crapped out on me during its maiden run. Didn’t even dump a full battery. No problem, as my retailer replaced it right away.
My issue is the wheels/ tires. They are so unbalanced that I feel like it’s going to do more harm overtime than good. Two of them shake so much when at 50% throttle while holding it in the air. Is this normal?

 

[Yonic]

Its not normal. Did you run in water or alot of sand?

I assume you didnt vent them.
The wheels have holes in them for air to enter/escape. this is not good design as it lets water and sand in, making the tire unbalanced., and there's no way its coming back out. A good practice is to seal these hold in the rim and instead punch hold in the tire. There's a lot of videos about how to do it.

 

[Don Keyballs]

Its not normal. Did you run in water or alot of sand?

I assume you didnt vent them.
The wheels have holes in them for air to enter/escape. this is not good design as it lets water and sand in, making the tire unbalanced., and there's no way its coming back out. A good practice is to seal these hold in the rim and instead punch hold in the tire. There's a lot of videos about how to do it.

No, only have driven it a few times, dry only so far. Wheels are completely stock, nothing done to them. Noticed this pretty much right away.

 

[Tuono1100]

Just picked up a Granite as well. Mine was driving like crap out of the box. Found a bearing missing from the right rear hub. Caused the wheel to wobble. Might check your bearings.

 

[Don Keyballs]

Thanks, just checked. All good there. Going to replace them with sealed/rubber shielded one day soon.

 

[CraigVMN]

Check out the findings in this thread:

https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/lf-new-shoes-for-granite-mega.25263/#post-349005