CooLJoE
11-27-2003, 03:12 AM
SHIM THOSE AXLES!
If you haven't noticed already, your rear wheels/axles have a bit of side-to-side play in them. A quick removal of the wheel will show you this:
http://specialed.dynu.com/mini-t/minit-rearaxle-beforeshim.jpg
To fix this, you'll need a washer with a center diameter of about 5mm and atleast 1mm thick. I don't think anything thicker will work well, but I could be wrong. The outer diameter of the washer I used was 12mm. I wouldn't exceed that size. The outcome (for mine atleast) looks like this:
http://specialed.dynu.com/mini-t/minit-rearaxle-aftershim.jpg
If anyone has done this and found a better sized washer, please post it for others to know about. This is just what I had lying around in one of my small tool boxes (my parts container is in the garage...didn't care to walk down there). Hope this helps others.
If you haven't noticed already, your rear wheels/axles have a bit of side-to-side play in them. A quick removal of the wheel will show you this:
http://specialed.dynu.com/mini-t/minit-rearaxle-beforeshim.jpg
To fix this, you'll need a washer with a center diameter of about 5mm and atleast 1mm thick. I don't think anything thicker will work well, but I could be wrong. The outer diameter of the washer I used was 12mm. I wouldn't exceed that size. The outcome (for mine atleast) looks like this:
http://specialed.dynu.com/mini-t/minit-rearaxle-aftershim.jpg
If anyone has done this and found a better sized washer, please post it for others to know about. This is just what I had lying around in one of my small tool boxes (my parts container is in the garage...didn't care to walk down there). Hope this helps others.