Problem with 40 series please help!

[Racing t]

The other day I ordered a set of 40 series hd with 40 series crime figthers now I have the here but I find out that 2 of the 4 wheels doesent have the 2 brething holes. So the tires mounted on the wheels without the holes feel harder than the ones with it. So what should I do? open holes or can I run the hard ones on the rear and the soft on the front of my LST??

[LD3Furious]

You can simply use a body post hole reamer...

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDCG6&P=7

...to create a hole if you have one. If not, an exacto blade will work or even a tiny drill bit.

[brc358]

The other day I ordered a set of 40 series hd with 40 series crime figthers now I have the here but I find out that 2 of the 4 wheels doesent have the 2 brething holes. So the tires mounted on the wheels without the holes feel harder than the ones with it. So what should I do? open holes or can I run the hard ones on the rear and the soft on the front of my LST??

For a quick fix, take your 1.5mm driver, and stick the tires about four or five times. You might have to hit them fairly good to drive it in, but thats how I do it, and it works great.

[RespirologyRC]

if your carefull you can take a steak knife and spin around in circles until you have created a small hole inside the rim

[carpy]

Forget all the suggestions of using steak knives, xacto blades etc...... Use a drill, I think thats what they were invented for :rolleyes: Copy whats on the wheels that are pre-vented and you wont go far wrong. Steak knives????? :confused: LOL

[mavrick0]

I would suggest to not drill the wheels but put the breather holes in the tires themselves. Reason for this is as dirt finds its way into the tires it will be expelled through the hole in the tires. If you only have a hole in the wheel then there's no way of it to find its way out.

[Racing t]

thanks for the replies guys. I have a body reamer, the problems is I finded out when the tires where all ready glued! :mad: what happen if I leave it without holes?

[mavrick0]

If you come down hard enough you will either blow the tire off the rim either ripping it or just breaking the glue, and if that doesn't happen and the air finds a way out because there's no way to get the air back in quickly the tire will flat spot until it can suck enough air back in.

[Racing t]

thanks. so what would be the best option? holes in the tire or holes in the rims?

[kojak61]

Use the reamer to put holes in the rims.

[Racing t]

ok thanks guys I ended doing that ^^