my friends brand new MGT 4.6 SE wheels slip and strip out on the axle lock nut, all tires are tight, any suggestions? anything we can do before he trashes his 2 day old tires?

If i recall, the mgts or the adapters or the hexes have problems stripping, the wheel hexes i think.I would just make sure they arent TOO tight, and take the tires off the rims and get new rims, if not ill take em off your hands for ya.

maybe have to just tighten them more and save up for 17mm adapters instead of 14mm

so your saying 17mm adapters will fit in the existing wheel? for the mean time we coated the lock nut thing in epoxy, so if all else fails maybe ill point him in the direction of new wheels, gosh, whats next with this truck! on the first day the pull start jammed and wouldnt pull out, broke the spring, bent the handle, gave the muffler a good dent, tore a hold in the body, and now the wheels

either this guys a hard basher or the MGT 4.6 sucks....

my MGT 3.0 i had over a year ago never had a single problem until about 4 months in and i was a dummy then.
certainly never had this tire problem, but i never puled a wheelie with that stock .18 pos

no you need 17mm adapters and wheels

i dont think the mgt is at fualt, he may just be having bad luck. ae makes some of the best stuff on the market

maybe try jbwelding the hexs in to the rim, unless the pin goes all the way through the hex in which case im kind of at a loss for solutions

luckily, no the pins dont go all the way through, but great we lost one through the porch
i found a nail and ground off a piece that fits with my dremel (handy tool!)
he is scared to drive it until i get the parts for my ofna buggy and a new engine i should get by wednesday so we can bash together

and yea the epoxy is jb weld i hope it holds up and if it does then hes in luck
thanks for the advice!

JB weld will hold just fine. I used it on an HPIMT2 with stripped out wheels. Put them back on with JB weld in the stripped housing and is still running strong after about 4 months. You need to let it cure completely, and that takes about 1-2 days.

ok so we brought our cars to the beach... after one tank his tires were shot again, all 4 once again stripped, as my buggy blew the front diff, broke the rip cord, and broke the shock tower, killed a glow plug and fried a servo.
bad day....

this saturday he is getting a new glow plug as well because his stopped working

he put emaxx wheels on it, lets see how those go

sweet video here: we did a tug of war lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r51DxQKzngQ


i told him to get his own rcu account but hes just too lazy!

<span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: larger">Hi all, i've had my MTA-4 (which is the exact same truck as the MGT) for 2 yrs now &amp; i had that prob too. I fixed it by buying 23mm hex adapters &amp; 40 series rims &amp; tires, WOW what a performance &amp; handling improvement they made. The stock rims i sent back to Thunder Tiger &amp; was sent a brand new set (6 months later), but i haven't used them as i had fitted the 23mm hex-40's with Big Joe's on . So if anyone out there wants to buy the stockers i'd be glad to sell them as i don't have any other cars with that size hex's. Haven't had any tire prob's since. &amp; it hammers with an O.S. VG.30 &amp; Side mounted Novarossi pipe fitted with the option side mount header. Awsome truck. It blitzes most buggy's around the track. Handles unreal, just wants to wheelstand all the time is the only prob at times, ( i don't mind that one little bit ! ) Try the 23mm hex setup !!!! You won't look back man.</span></span>

thanks so much!

i told him to call ae and he did so he already shipped his old tires in. well a week old LOL

so anyway whered u get these big joe wheels & hex's?
i searched alot for 23mm hex's and couldnt find ones that are for the mgt...
do u have a link?

thanks again, matt.

Hi Matt, I'm not real good on the computer yet, so i'm not sure where to find a link etc, but the mgt is the exact same truck as the mta-4, not sure if Thunder Tiger joined up with Associated or what, but Proline make the 23mm hex adapters &amp; are around $40 australian for 4. Not sure what that is US ? Allso , check out Tower hobbies on the net, or RCMushroom on the net, just look for 23mm hex drive adapters for either the T-Maxx or Thunder Tiger MTA-4. I've allso got them on my T-Maxx as it's running alot of hop-up stuff alloy shocks -chassis-bulk heads etc, &amp; i put an O.S.18TM with a larger alloy pipe R.O.A.R. legal , which gave it heaps more bottom end &amp; allso wants to wheelstand all day long, So......seeing both trucks now had 23mm hex's , i allso had to buy 40 series rims , which are a larger diameter rim but the beauty of that is being able to run a lower profile tire, which gives that edge in handling , cornering etc with no side wall flex. The rims &amp; tires are allso pro line, hang on man, i've just found an ad for the pro line 23mm HD Hex adapter &amp; it says thewre's 3 different types , but the one's you want are - part # 6034-00 ..........they fit - All Maxx trucks ( T&amp;E Maxx) Revo , MGT , MTA-4, LST, TNX. if you can't find em , try www,prolineracing.com &amp; they allso have the tires &amp; rims you'll need. I've got 2 types of 40 series MT Truck tires on the 40series rims, one is the bow ties, theyre great for racing, very low profile, absolutely no tire roll at all, hence you'll see most MT trucks that're winning races are running them, (not sure on how long they'd last if you're driving on any surface other than dirt) &amp; the other are the big joes i mentioned earlier, they're alot wider &amp; a little higer profile than the bow ties, but have an indestructable tread, i've had them on all surfaces for over 3 yrs now, they're kept mainly on the MTA-4, as they just seem too big on the T-Maxx, allso you will loose a bit of top end speed as the drop in tire diameter will change you're gearing. Try going up a few teeth on you're pinion gear, &amp; down a few teeth on the spur gear, that should even it out . But if you just get smaller spur alone you will have a killer truck on the track, as you can't get too high a speed up top end on most the tracks i've been on. The big joes are like moto x tires &amp; the MTA-4 -MGT is a heavy truck aye, but it now drifts &amp; wheelstands on comand, even with the stock 4.6 engine mine came with, the O.S.VG.30 isn't a race engine , but i got mine cheap $200 australian, &amp; it hammers, very easy to tune, &amp; is like all the os engines i own, very reliable. So i hope i've been able to help a bit Matt, i'm learning how to put photo's on attatchments etc later today hopefully, so i can show y'all what i'm talking about ok. Cheers man ,
    Happy motoring , Tony.