How do you fit the Tamiya Grasshopper Wheels into the tires?
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- In this video I go over the process I did to get the Tamiya Grasshopper wheels fitted into the Grasshopper tires. Oh boy...was this a challenge. It was such a pain to do I felt like I was on a Seinfeld episode and I was taking part in an insane challenge on "Feats of Strength". However...I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and figure out a better way to do this. Which I did. I hope this helps you with your builds. This same process will work with the Tamiya Hornet and Tamiya Frog builds as well. In the end this method should cut down on your frustration and get you back in business within minutes.
Awesome! Thanks, I've also been struggling with this for about an hour when I thought: somebody on RUclips has got a better way to do this😅😅😅
You're welcome! These tires are my nemesis! lol
Thank you, I was having a big problem getting these on! Worked like a dream
Awesome Michael. Glad I could help!
A great piece of advice, thank you. I soaked them in warm water for a while first too, that extra mailability combined with your plier trick, I saved so much time and frustration.
Thanks Graham! Glad this worked out well. I like your warm water trick too…that will definitely help.
Fantastic tip Freddy! I’ve been building my candy green edition Hopper. The first rear tire was no problem. The other was giving me fits!😩
Great job!👍😊
Nice!! Thank you!! It seems like it works for some and others drive you insane lol
@@FastFreddyRC it’s funny because I got the first one done with my hands, no problem.
That second one though….glad I found your video!
@@HaydadRC crazy right?! There seems to be two camps with these tires. Those that can do it by hand and those that need the jaws of life to make it work lol No in-between. You have to wonder if the molding process is slightly different for some of the tires or if they are all made on the same machine??? Who knows.
Me to got me hitting the table
I'm in the process of building a Hopper for my kids. This video saved my day! 👍
Great!! Glad I could help!
I was sitting there with a screwdriver, probably just moments away from injury. Thanks for showing a better way😄
You’re welcome! Lol
Great tip thanks for that I am not up to that step in my grasshopper build yet but after this video I will do it your way thanks Freddy 👍
Wait until you get to this step lol - you can try it the way they say in the manual but I'm sure it will lead to total frustration and sore fingers :)
Hardest part of the build lol I used snipper handles as a tire irons also thanks for the rear axle tutorial for the grasshopper after that I figured how to use and understand the manual 😎👍🏻
Great stuff! Glad it all worked out.
Awesome Freddy. This is a great tip.
Thank you RC Birds! This should save people a lot of time and anguish lol
@@FastFreddyRC I once builded a Grasshopper for a friend, but that was over 30 years before. I don't remember how I solved it. But I had seen lots of videos here, heating the creatoe complaining about these tires on their ReRes.
@@RCBirds interesting. Yeah I went looking and found videos of people heating the tires, soaking them in warm water etc etc. I even found a video showing you how to do it exactly how Tamiya tells you to do it and he made it look so easy. BUT an hour later I was still no further ahead. Other than fingers that were so sore and a few choice words by the end of it lol. Some of the videos show the Hornet tires. Thing is, the hornet tires have a lot more play and room to maneuver the wheels into the tires. My frog tires, which are the same as the hornet, were no problem doing it the Tamiya way. Anyway..never again lol - This new method of getting them on is the bomb! Was so much easier...still with some struggle, but we're talking a minute at most to get them on.
@@FastFreddyRC one last thought. Hornet and Frog have those spikey tires, maybe they have more flex than the paddle tires of the Grasshoppoer🤔. I keep your video in mind. Thanks for all your effort in this topic. Great job. hve a nice weekend and stay safe
Thanks man the way tamiya says to do it is a pain in the butt😂
@@_mikeu oh I know!! lol - you’re welcome!!
Worked! Thanks, my son and I were really struggling with getting the tires mounted!
Fantastic! Glad it worked well for you. They really are the toughest part of the build.
Thank you this was a pain didn't want to destroy the tire..
You’re welcome! It really is crazy how tough they are to put together.
That was an awesome way to do it, your right otherwise it's a joke to do. I love how the picture shows it to so easy and carefree. Thanks for the tip.
Exactly! The picture shows it like it’s no big deal to do! You’re welcome!
Worked great, 5 minutes total to do both rear wheels and that is counting the time to find my large needle nose pliers LOL
lol awesome!! That’s a great time for both wheels too!
I set the actual plastic wheel on the counter, took the tire and turned the inner opening out and pulled it open/stretched it with my fingers and then pushed that over the wheel as it was sitting down on the counter. Maybe hard to describe but that worked really well. Put each wheel in the tire in about 30 seconds.
Great! Good to see there are other ways of doing it!
Thank you so much my friend! I was about 45 minutes in, hands cut to shreds, and about to give up in despair Just sorted in 3 mins.
Fantastic! You’re very welcome James. That sounds about where I was before taking matters into my own hands lol
LIFE. SAVER.
@@jeffgrant6726 Awesome! Glad it worked for you.
Thanks for the advice. What worked for me was rotating the wheel as I was pulling the tire over it with the pliers. I think my kit might be a bit old because the rubber was very stiff and was turning white as I was working with it. My tires now look like they've got freezer burn. But what a pain in the ass. I've been building kits for 35 years but I guess I missed out on all this fun by always buying high-end kits. I thought I'd go back and do some of these "beginner" kits I never bothered with, but I would say the difficulty of getting the tires on the wheels makes the Grasshopper not really a good beginner kit.
Yeah the tires are very stiff even if the kit is new...which is why the car bounces all over the place lol - But it definitely must be old if the tires have "freezer burn". I would agree with you that with as much trouble those tires are it doesn't feel like a beginner kit when you get to that stage. It was infuriating to say the least. But at least now if I built another I could get the job done without much frustration.
@@FastFreddyRC Yeah, thanks again. I was hesitant to buy any other Tamiya kits of this sort because I was afraid they'd have the same types of wheels, but now that I know how to do it it shouldn't be a problem.
I love you so much for this
Glad it helped! I just built a Hornet and I did it the exact same way and those tires were on in no time.
thanks for the help
You’re welcome!!
YUP THIS IS THE WAY
THANK YOU
You’re welcome!!
Excellent job Freddy thanks for the tip many thanks 👍👍Tim
Thank you Tim! You're very welcome!!
Amazing thanks!
You’re welcome!
An even easier way is to use hair drier to heat tire up extremely hot and they slip in without any tools. Doing it this way also gets rid of that white film on the tires.
That actually makes a lot of sense in terms of being able to remove the white film with the heat.
Haha first thing I thought of when I saw you pulling on that wheel like that was when the dentist removed my wisdom teeth lol. Just reefer on them to no end. I remember that Seinfeld episode lol. Buggy looks good.
As much as this is a starter RC it's been a fun build. Just painting the driver and getting the body ready and it should be good to go!
@@FastFreddyRC so nostalgic seeing these cars and builds of yours. Hard to believe the 80's were so long ago now. I can remember the excitement. Going into Radio shack and sweating like a manic lol. Love your explanations and thoroughness.
Bro my family thanks you.
Hey…you’re very welcome! That sounds like frustration might have been showing? Lol
Thank you sooooooooo much！
You’re welcome!!
Those are the most hateful wheels ever molded! They work fantastic once together but yes, they are frustrating for sure!
I certainly know that now! lol BUT…problem solved as far as I’m concerned. I’d be happy to do it again!
Done well
Thanks Bruce!
You could always use a heat gun or a hair dryer to heat the tires and wear gloves to fit them. Nice job.
Hadn’t thought of that but it definitely would be another way to go!
Thank f*#k! That worked a treat
My sentiments exactly!! Lol
Wow
Between the tires and the tiny circlips on the rear shocks, I gave up and tossed the entire kit in the garbage.
lol
My tire tore when I tried this way
Did you pull up evenly all around or just try to pull one side up completely? Very odd. I've been doing this method for this type of tire/wheel combo for both the hornet and the grasshopper and have not had this happen. One other thought around this...when you use the pliers are you grabbing most of the tire like in the video or just the edge/rim? If just the edge or rim it might not be enough of the tire to get a really good grip.
Clearly yr method works but mine still F#@KN WONT GO IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
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Hi Matt! Did you eventually get them in? This method definitely works but as you can tell from my breathing in the video it's still a bit of a trouble spot and requires you to have a bit of a workout lol