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Hot Wheels R/C 1:64 Scale Rechargeable Radio-Controlled Racing Cars for On- or Off-Track Play, Includes Car, Controller & Adapter for Kids 5 Years Old & Up

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Most cars front and rear wheels only clear the die cast mudguards by about 0.5-1mm when turning and pivoting. (The higher the body is above the wheels the wider the wheels can be placed apart if you prefer) Mark or measure the last gear position on the axil and remove them both and epoxy (leave no excess glue on shaft where it spins) and reassemble and when the glue is still a bit green test it's all spinning smoothly again. Anyone please chime in when you have some good tips on design, small parts supplies or building ideas. New out of the box all these die cast model wheels wobble on the original axils as they really are too loose to start with in my opinion. The main center pivot point is approx 1.2mm piano spring wire and the steering box axil is held on this wire with the cigarette lighter plastic tubes which is easily to press fit on and off when setting up the servo linkage.

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The top servo case should be much lower in height now but needs a new piece added for the axil to run in (epoxy a piece of alloy or brass on top with the hole) and you will gain lots more space between the wheels for it in a small car. (Now 20mm) Next, you will need to design the main internal housing for the RC components. Use whichever CAD program you are most comfortable with. Tip ... every piece of the steering parts brass should be left longer than needed for handling all the drilling etc then trimmed to length only is done last. The “turbo” button is where the R buttons would be on a PlayStation controller, and the two smaller angled buttons are steering trim alignments. The turbo button doesn’t give the car any more power, but does immediately direct all the car’s available power to the rear wheels at the press of a button — which makes for a dramatic Fast and Furious NOSSSSSS type moment (see video below for turbo action).

For clarification if we are calling the motor pinion gear #1 and the output shaft spline gear #6 you will be removing the output shaft #6 and gear under it #4 and the metal shaft and white plastic D. The rear axil has no differential so one rearwheel has to either drag or spin faster which fights the steering but only noticeable if you have a slippery road or slippery front tires and it then plows straight ahead the tighter the steering is turned. Read the conversion instructions under the this video at YouTube called ... PZ15320 drive servo conversion slideshow.

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Exacto knife, small long nose pliers and large pliers, tin cutter snips, side cutters, micro screw drivers, soldering iron and work station clamps and magnifying glass, hammer, ruler, small file set. You can also remove the headlights and rear lights using a modeling drill. These will be used to expose the RC receivers and transmitters later. Without this front suspension for off road driving or non level ground when tilting the vehicle 40 deg or more ...it definitely helps stop the vehicle from rolling over too easy because it is only relying on the rear fixed axil for stability. Some sell these servos with the 1.25mm plugs but the leads are alway too long anyway (cut and join is the solution here) I sometimes use tiny little glass jewelry beads (approx 0.8mm inside and 1.5mm outside) on the sewing pins for .... axil wheel nuts if needed ... Ball Bearings ... thrust bearings ... bushes etc.This is something new and is an entirely new world and usage ability that no previous Sizzler could ever do. With regards to the other wires, one will be used to connect the battery, another for recharging the battery later, and another for powering the LED headlights that will be installed later. Step 5: Continue the car reassembly Sometimes I used a small round file to make clearance for the axil and remove the flat side of the D shape inside the hole center of the trim pot to stop the axil slightly dragging on it and moving the center position (this is not always necessary if it has clearance and you have aligned all three servo cases holes correctly with the trim pot. I pushed a sharp needle (axil) through from the top to mark the inside of the bottom servo case for the hole position.

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The driver uses the remote control to activate the motor, which propels the car forward. The speed of the car is controlled by the amount of throttle applied. To begin drifting, the driver must initiate a turn by steering in the direction they want to glide. As the car turns, the driver applies the brakes while accelerating. This transfer of weight helps the car spin out of control, creating an attractive drift. I have a Taranis TX for flexible programming like slowing down the jerky steering movement with servo slow and or time delay and smoothing out the stop and goes.If it's binding or turning rough then remove it before the epoxy is way too hard and redo it again (straight axils are a must ... big needles worked for me also) Lift out the circuit board and tape it outside the servo and also tape it up - to avoid electrical shorts and game over Once you are happy, either 3D print the model, or get a friend with a 3D printer to help you out. Step 4: Build the RC components I heated pieces of rubber fuel line in boiling water and slipped them over plastic grommets or tubes which I then spun up in a drill and dremeled off the wheel widths as needed. Universals only work up to 30-35 deg angles from straight before they start to bind so this will limit the steering angles.

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