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Post by ninjarabbi1997 on Oct 29, 2005 1:20:20 GMT -6
It seems that Nyoil or other lubricants could soften the paint between the body of the car and the wheel hub. Does anyone do anything to the paint there to make it extra hard to reduce friction? Maybe some kind of epoxy around the hole? If so, how do you do it and what do you use?
Thanks,
Jim
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Post by speedrr on Oct 29, 2005 15:01:32 GMT -6
Wet sand with 2000 grit and polish the paint for a super slick finish.
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Post by Panzer on Oct 29, 2005 18:14:37 GMT -6
Before you start painting apply epoxy around the axle hole. After final painting has dried finish sand epoxied area with 1500 grit sand paper.
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Post by ninjarabbi1997 on Oct 30, 2005 13:31:06 GMT -6
Awesome picture, thanks. What do you use to apply the epoxy? Toothpick? Small paintbrush? I haven't worked with epoxy before, what should I look to get at the hardware store?
Thanks for all the tips.
Jim
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Post by Panzer on Oct 30, 2005 19:52:03 GMT -6
5 minute epoxy from the local hardware store works great. Mix it up and apply it using the head end of a small nail.
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Post by pwgrasshopper on Oct 31, 2005 13:39:33 GMT -6
After the epoxy dries do you sand it a little to even the surface before priming/paint or is there no need?
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Post by fasteddie on Jan 20, 2006 14:05:49 GMT -6
I like the epoxy idea. Next year we'll add that to the bag of tricks. One thing we've done is to make sure that the car is cut away from the wheels to eliminate the possibility of any part of the car touching the wheel except at the hub. We polish the end of the hub down to 2000 grit, with a derbyworx bore tool of course, and the same for the car around the axle hole. Then we rub in as much graphite as we possibly can to the car and the inside and outside hubs.
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