kalsh 44 Posted May 24, 2017 Looking for some of these or someone who perhaps could make some. Any suggestions fellow TC members? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kalsh 44 Posted April 23, 2019 Anyone got any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superluminal 3729 Posted April 23, 2019 Do you need them to be aluminium and locking or do you just need them as an adaptor for connecting the wheel? Looking at them they look like they would serve the same purpose as the plastic wheel hub plate that comes with the Wildone / FAV. Never seen those those red ones before, they do look nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kalsh 44 Posted April 25, 2019 Need them to be locking/clamp for thorp axles which don’t have a hole for a pin adaptor that is used on the plastic ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saito2 6573 Posted April 26, 2019 Kalsh is right. Unfortunately, finding them might be tricky. I never saw the hole-less axles in person back in the day but I remember seeing them in the Thorp catalog. Supposedly, some folks were having issues with the hole version axle breaking at the the hole point. These clamp-only adapters with solid axles were Thorp's remedy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5290 Posted April 26, 2019 Good grief - how hard do you have to hit something with a Blackfoot to break off an AXLE? I remember seeing those in shops, but I didn't realize that was the reason for them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saito2 6573 Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, markbt73 said: Good grief - how hard do you have to hit something with a Blackfoot to break off an AXLE? I know, right? Now, I had a Hornet clip the rear corner of my re-release Frog once and the axle broke at the pin hole. However, the shiny "chrome" re-re dogbone style stub axles seem much less hard than the original blackish hex style ORV stub axles. The Thorp stuff was generally even tougher than that. Aside from collisions, I can't say I've seen any one fail in normal off road use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted April 27, 2019 I run these on my BF, mainly because the Thorp telescoping shafts require the hole-less axles... but I have broken off more than one standard axle, and always right thru the hole. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tamiya3speed 461 Posted April 27, 2019 20 hours ago, markbt73 said: Good grief - how hard do you have to hit something with a Blackfoot to break off an AXLE? I remember seeing those in shops, but I didn't realize that was the reason for them... My son launched ours into the mailbox last year and clipped the rear wheel, breaking the axle at the pin. That was enough to do it lol!! I think the silver can was still in it at the time, but possibly running a Tamiya Lightly Tuned motor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5290 Posted April 27, 2019 Wow, you guys must be a lot rougher on them than I ever was... I went through diff gears like candy (of course) and broke a bunch of front uprights before I finally got the yellow CRP ones, but I never broke an axle. Or rounded out the hexes, come to think of it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites