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Can you Use a Plastic Bushing or Steel Ball Bearing as an Axle Spacer or Shim?

Author
The RC Deep Dive
Published
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://rcdeepdive.podbean.com/e/can-you-use-a-plastic-bushing-or-steel-ball-bearing-as-an-axle-spacer-or-shim/

The Tamiya GH2 (Grasshopper II) comes with really wide pin drive to 4 point wheel adapter mounts on the rear axle, but if you upgrade your wheels to the Hornet Large Diameter Wheels you need to use the very narrow 5 point adapter wheel mounts, which leaves a lot of threaded axle and a smidgen of unthreaded axle, meaning your nylock nut will get stuck if you tighten it up enough to prevent wheel wobble. We look into 3 ways how to fix this problem in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

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