can anyone tell me how much a pair of durablue wheel spacers cost 4 a Blaster?

[This message has been edited by kOoLbOi56 (edited 07-31-1999).]

 

DO NOT BUY THEM! They will bend your axle if you jump with them. Last week I watched a 300EX pull onto the track with them. He landed a little sideways off the step-up, and that was the end of his axle. I've seen it happen to others before as well.

 

Thanks Blaster97. i'll take your advise. i was thinking about buying some from this guy but he is kind of #%$^&#& me around. i just got some new tires yesterday. i still didn't get to test them out. i don't think i'll need them now that i got my tires. thanks again! Us BC guys really do stick together!

Much aloha
kOoLbOi56


[This message has been edited by Tree Farmer (edited 08-01-1999).]

 

Repeat:
Don't buy them! I tried them and I bent my axle when I barely clipped a 2" poplar tree.

phil

 

So, are spacers only a problem on 2WD racing units? I have 2 5/8" spacers on all 4 tires and I've never bent a rim. Although, I don't do much jumping with a 500# 4WD unit but I've run into my share of obstacles. I figure that a bad landing would bend any rim - with or without spacers.

Maybe it's because that 2WD axles might be of a lighter construction/design?

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Are all wheel spacers bad or just durablue?

 

rrinc-
we were talking about how spindles bend the rear axels (not the rims)

i'm not even going to think of getting them now. if you think about it, the spindles do ad presure to the axel. i don't know about 4WD quads. if the quad has independ suspension then i that would be a different story.

 

I have raced my share of MX races and GNCC races with 2" spacers on the rear of my Raptor. Did it for about a year with no problems. I am a novice class racer so I don't do any huge jumps, but enough to bottom out my suspension a few times. The only time I bent my axle was when I caught a tree with the right rear tire in a XC race. Bent the axle (about 1/4 inch) and broke my swingarm. Maybe the Raptor axle is stronger than the Blaster or 300EX, I don't know. Good Luck with your decision.

RR1