17mm Hex Adapters

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I ordered 17mm. I'm gona buy none off-road wheels. Most runs I do on payment
 
Well I'm gona run till they go out. I have my 17mm hex now. I'm looking for a set wheels n tires for all terrain . Any good set that you know about? Thanks big help.
 
Clossavage said:
Well I'm gona run till they go out. I have my 17mm hex now. I'm looking for a set wheels n tires for all terrain . Any good set that you know about? Thanks big help.
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I have these original tires and wheels off of an older nitro powered savage. 2 of the tires have tear in sidewalls.
 

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Nadboo said:
Has anyone tried Traxxas’ 17mm wheel hex? They have notches in then. I’m looking at upgrading the 14mm hex and get paddle tires for the snow. Traxxas makes paddle tires and they use this type of hex that is apparently compatible with reg 17mm hex. Any thoughts??
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olds97_lss said:
They don't fit. HPI axles have a shoulder on them that is 8mm (I think) and the HPI specific hubs have a relief cut in them to fit over that while still having a 6mm hole for the threaded part. Traxxas hubs are smaller where the pin goes through.
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olds97_lss said:
Really easy if you have a drill press. Tried that before freehand and ended up with a set of wobbly hubs.
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I have used Traxxas 17mm wheel hexs on a couple of my Savages with not issues of wobbly hubs. Yes they do need to be drilled out, but not all the way through. Drill them out from 6mm to 8mm in stages i.e. start with a 6.5 drill and work up in 0.5mm steps until at 8mm, doing it like this can be done with a cordless drill as the drill will centre in the hole and will keeping it straight. If you drill in one hit from 6 to 8mm then yes you will probably end up with wobbly hubs.
Also don't drill all the way through, stop about 3mm short, so the wheel end is still 6mm as that is the size of the threaded part of the axle and gives the hub extra support at the wheel end and also eliminates the chance of wobbly as the axle has to be straight to pass through the hole. It's an easy job and works well. Also the Traxxas adapters use screw pins.
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Just fitted another set of modified Traxxas 17mm wheel adapters this time to my Savage ATV Quad. This time for some reason had to sand about 0.3mm off the backs of the hubs and add 0.2mm shims between the hub bearing and the hex. When fitted without doing this the hubs were to tight against the bearings when the set pins were screwed in. Maybe because they were a different type than I used before, but anyway they're on and have no play between the bearing and the hub which is good, also there is enough thread sticking through the wheels that I was able to put locking nuts over the wheel nuts.
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Sandblaster said:
They are available again. Picked up a set. They are the only way to go. Tired the other adapters. Was not satisfied. https://www.hpiracing.com/en/part/160141
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The big difference is these cost around £70 a set + postage, where as the modified Traxxas ones cost £7-8 with postage.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32837303565.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.f3fb1802qNiozC
Not everyone has 70+ quid to spunk on a set of wheel adapters. Doesn't really matter if they run a little out of true unless your trying for the land speed record. Plus the fact that they are 5mm at the nut end still which is the same size as the threaded part of the axle it's pretty hard for them to be that far off centre to make any difference. Yes if you got the money to burn then get the original replacement part. HPI will always rip you off price wise for their parts anyway.
I have 10 Savages in my collect and have been using this HPI model for some 18 years now and only 1 of my trucks has genuine HPI 17mm wheel adapters, 7 of the others run various other makes all being cheaper than HPI and all my trucks all run fine with the wheels running as true as to be expected from a 1:8 monster truck, these ani't rc touring cars but monster trucks meant for using off road, wheels running perfectly true is the least of your problems. If any unbalance is seen then this is normally due to the gluing of the tyre to the rim or a distortion in the wheel caused by a crash or bad landing.
Anyone with a bit of know-how & common sense can mod or use any 17mm wheel adapters and save buckets of cash to spend on more urgent upgrades.

With this type you can even extend your axles with no mod at all for around £17 all in, But you will also need the threaded collars for this one. They will take the threaded 5mm part of the axle to 8mm
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393048407768
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And for those that just want 17mm wheel hexs at the standard width then just use any 17mm wheel hex with an 8mm centre and and a reversed nylock nut on the end of the axle to centralize the axle. Easy. No point wasting your money on HPIs silly prices at the end of the day its all made in the same Chinese factories, just use your loaf before purchasing. It ain't rocket sicence after all.👌👍
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The difference is how many threads are available to hold the wheel nut on. First set tired, was less than the nut width. If one gets a full nut on then others may work fine. Also the set comes with the long outboard axles and the spacers. Much more then just the end adapter.
 
Sandblaster said:
The difference is how many threads are available to hold the wheel nut on. First set tired, was less than the nut width. If one gets a full nut on then others may work fine. Also the set comes with the long outboard axles and the spacers. Much more then just the end adapter.
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That is very true about the number of threads but you can tell that before purchase visibly, Also these HPI ones need to be used with the 11mm heavy duty dog bones which only the flux and XL came with as standard. So anyone with an older nitro or X savage would need to change from the 9mm to these 11mm ones which would mean changing the diff cups aswell. Quite an expense. Even if you use the Rovan Torland Flux ones which are cheaper than HPI
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000371075047.html - £16:28 a pair & 2 pairs needed.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000371040049.html - £22:63 a pair & 2 pairs needed.
https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/345591/ - £68:39 for the HPI 17nn extended adapters #160141
Making a grand total of just under £150 + shipping, which is alot of dollar.
You can still use either of the above mentioned adapter types with the HPI extended axles by using these axles but will still need to switch out the dog bones & diff cups to heavy duty.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000371034803.html
Also if you use oxygen hardened wheel nuts they are alot stronger and the threads don't stretch like the ally nuts. After having the wheels on & off quite a few times you will notice a burr appearing on the outside of the nut where the thread is starting to stretch, this doesn't happen with oxygen hardened ones.
 
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