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So isn't ordering a set? I'm brow Bergen Steve for mine too.......

Hey Steve quit typing and back to makin chips

I wonder if steve's made more sets than 4c4wd?????

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Chris , yours are goin under the tooling tomorrow :confused::p dang ups didn't show up with my o-rings to finish these tanks :mad: so out comes that stock and in goes your wheels as for rcfwd who knows instant grat and buyers remorse after .

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Steve, hope you don't take this as putting hot sauce on a gourmet meal, but i kinda made a slight change to wheels to get this look....

Original on the left/lathed down on the right
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...t/IMG_2225.jpg
Gotta make the hubs slightly bigger
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...t/IMG_2227.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...t/IMG_2228.jpg

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now Rob , why didn't you tell me , I could have gotten 4 front hubs outa that waste :rolleyes::p . now see guys and gals that was an option ( was not an opp. till those axle nuts came out )I'm planning , just have to let me know at time of order . They look great Rob :D

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Ooooooo I like ! am I too late????

anyone know if someone other than rc4wd has those nuts?

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no and no not yet :D in do time Heck I can't even get caught up with what I got . just LMK before they go to you

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Ooooo Goody gooody - I'll order my center caps today!! Wee Hee this is fun.....

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man these instant change orders are he!! :confused::p:p:p:p:p:p:p yer lucky :p

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I don't play the lottery so I have un-used luck stored up.......:D:D:D

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LOL

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the wheels do look great. but can you make old stile split ring tube type wheels for us old school truckers?

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check the first 1's made from steel they would be the tube type , both daytons and buds they are the in the first post in this thread .

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here ya go w/aluminum wheels!

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...5/DSC02409.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...5/DSC02410.jpg

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Hey Troy you've been busy! The cattle trailer's new, and what's that lurking on the shelf underneath sporting white budd rims? :)

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mmm true aluminum rims?

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Ok now bare with me, we all know I'm slow, what nuts are you all talking about.:confused::confused::confused: If I gather this right. Are the hubs in the above pictures the axle nuts?

Next thing. and please don't kill me for this, this is just my OCD that we all know I have showing it's ugly head again.. so here goes. Why do you have a driven axle hub on a non-driven axle.? :confused::confused::confused:

Steve, that could be something you could come up with, make a trailer hub/nut that looks like an inboard hub oil cap.

Troy that cattle wagon looks great and it also fits behind that Texas flag beautifully. this thing is going to look awesome when you get it done and all polished out. Ya going to put lots of light on it:D:D

-Mike

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OK Mike now you gona get it :D they (stemco longview ) are out there the few ppl that have them just have not shown the pics of them yet :confused:
now take a good look at this pic and tell me what you see on the top 10 hubs

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0779.jpg

now that the pic brings back my mem yes troy had them made up for a trailer :rolleyes:

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Mmmm look at them wheels. It amazes me that not one single r/c parts manufacturer is able to produce what one man and his workshop is able to do, 100% accurate tractor truck wheels.

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antique shop :p

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Dang, if you make this stuff with antique machines imagine what kind of stuff you'd be creating with a factory full of industrial state of the art machines and a team of operators!!

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Mine are on there just for show right now.
I am going to use them on a truck I am building.
The trailer hubs Steve makes are perfect.
If you put six small bolt heads around the cap,and paint the center red it
looks real good:D

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Oh boy, now that's the Sh@# Steve.. :cool::cool::cool:


Cool, that just makes me feel better knowing I can get the right look.. Now all I need to do is build a trailer..

So no one answered my question though. are those hubs that Troy has on his trailer threaded and act as the nut to hold on the tires?

And Steve is that how yours work as well. I know your rims are bolted to the hub like the real things are, so what holds the hub on the spindle?

-Mike

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Troy, yes they would look perfect but those bolts that hold those hub caps on are 1/2" I don't think you can find a nut that small let alone a bolt or screw. But what would work is one of the rivets that we use on the cabs. I think they are the 1.2mm ones. maybe just a little smaller. then just drill a small hole and glue the rivet in.

As for the filler cap, just get Steve to make the cap inside the window when he cuts the window out. Not sure if that can be done but rather than machine the whole area out like the ones in the picture just leave the little cap, maybe say 2mm round right in the center. I have not a clue if this is doable or what it would take to do it, just a thought.

They look great just like they are Steve, don't get me wrong. Just my need for perfection, or as it's called in the RR model hobby... I suffer from being a "rivet counter"..:(:(.. Makes life a Bi@#h some times.

-Mike

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Steve:D, i had to experiment. Now that I can get a custom order now, i won't have to worry about messing up Alumi's that i am gonna get from ya...lol :D:D

These hubs have the wheel nut inside them and they just pop on over the nut.

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Steves trailer hub caps look as close as you are going to get.
Paint will do wonders!

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...5/100_6198.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...5/100_1023.jpg

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cant wait to get my wheels

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Wow, these aluminum wheels will be one of my first buys when my KH kit gets here....

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They are a perfect addition to any build and a must have for any scale build!

Brian