Steering arm rubbing rims, tires rubing shocks on GP

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imp0ster

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I am new to this but pick up anything mechanical really fast. I bought CPE 14mm adapters and put on Losi Claw premounts which are quite large. The steering arm is rubbing inside the wheel and the inner tire nubs grab the shocks. I need to space the wheel about 1/2" and the only way I see to do this is with an axle replacement. The lower wheel cross link bolt is also JUST rubbing Are there any other options? Is there even another stub axle I can use?

I also don't see the axles themselves holding up to the tires and the Novak Ballistic BL setup. Am I hosed?

 
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fatboy

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They make widners that will fix the rubbing issue. Iam not sure who all does I think integy makes a 12 to 14 widner. As far as the axles go I don't know how them tires compare to clodbuster rims and tires but most of us run clod rims and tires and it does add a lot of stress to the axle housing and they are a problem area that do break pretty easy. There is a couple of guys on here that make a nice axle housing brace that make it a lot stronger to handle the added stress from big tires and wheels
 
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imp0ster

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thanks I bought the wideners last night. $46 but no one else made them. The guy who sold them doesn't speak a lick of english so I couldn't get any details on how they work from him. I removed the factory spacers from the servos and that gave me a few mm more clearance for the arm but couldn't do anything about the cross link. If nothing else I'll bend some aluminum rod and make my own links. I'll need to find someone that makes that tranny brace

Does anyone make a steering knuckle that is a bit shorter?

BTW the Losi wheels are 6.8" tall and wider. Looks great
 
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imp0ster

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Hesse is in the process of making shortened knuckles and my wideners will be here soon. Just put a 12t in place of the 11t but I'm still flipping the truck completely over from torque. Even at half throttle it will do it. What's a good spur to run with the 43t to stop this malarki?
 
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