mardave wheels v contacts help pls

[oakey4]

Hi lads for the last few weeks i have been running med soft pink rear and 38s fronts, does anybody no the same wheels in the contact tyres, My son once tried 50/38 i think and it was tipping all over, any thoughts..

only asking as the bearing fit much better in the contact wheels and wpin more freely where as the 6 spoke wheels ( diff type ) they seam to be tight on the bearings and not as free to spin on the axel...

HTH

Paul

[jasond43]

try getting the 50's and true them right down

im running on a med grip track carbon chassis stiff springs on the front with about 3 to 4mm of suspension travel and running 45 shore trued to 46mm and 32 shore rear trued to 51mm


jase

[oakey4]

cheers for that,

my dave set up is

carbon chassis
ascari shell
med spring all round
hpi 13.5 - tekin blinky
diff
4mm ride height
20,000 wgt in side tube
3mm nut under the front hole on the wish bone
no nut under the rear hole
1.5 ish camber


what size do you true them down to think mine are 48/49 mm

[LongRat]

Mardave wheels on the diff axle (diff side only) almost always need to be reamed out to 5mm. Every wheel I have ever bought from Mardave was too tight on this axle and screws up the diff action. Handling is transformed once that wheel is bored out to the correct size - and the M3 nyloc nut must not be done up tight.

[chris_dono]

just run the softest ones that you can find front and rear, i used to run pink soft and 38's and now run the softest compound contacts that are available

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by LongRat

Mardave wheels on the diff axle (diff side only) almost always need to be reamed out to 5mm. Every wheel I have ever bought from Mardave was too tight on this axle and screws up the diff action. Handling is transformed once that wheel is bored out to the correct size - and the M3 nyloc nut must not be done up tight.

Agreed