painting

[mrmetallica]

the video is good but he has the wheel ctrs off the wheel i dont want to take them off it would ruin the wheel so i need to undo a bolt that sits right under the wheel ive pulled the wheel side ways can get to it but the allen key slips .is the ctrs of the wheels glued on or not ? i dont use photo bucket

Here is more of the same video-

phpBB [video]

Are you referring to the road wheel center caps?



In this pic the rear most wheel to the right has a center cap or hub cap. The rest of the wheels show Under the Hub Cap where the Silver Screw is located to Remove the Wheel.



Here you see him using a socket Only to press the Wheel Center Cap or Hub Caps on by pressure and held on by friction.



Here the Road wheel Center Caps or Hub caps are reinstalled.



i can see him putting them on . i tried getting one off it chewed the ctr up really bad must be clued. i dont think the owner had a clue withit as the decals still had the clear plastic on whitch should have been taken of lol
Here hopefully if you watched the full video you can see all of the Road Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps reinstalled after he upgraded from plastic wheels and track to metal.

Usually Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps are pressed in as shown in the video above and held in by friction.

BUT since this tank you have, If I remember Correctly from your other postings Here and Other Forums you just picked up from a shop, it didn't work and you didn't know it's previous history,,,

It is entirely possible that the previous owner glued or otherwise secured the Center Caps or Hub Caps On. Because they should Pry off as shown in the previous videos or using a flat head screwdriver without much issue.

Regardless unless someone else with experience with this particular model and issue chimes in, (again why it's a good idea to start a new post topic with a descriptive title of what you need help with , again Not "Painting") that you likely Must remove the Road Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps to remove said wheels.

OR, if you can't remove the wheels, just paint with the wheels on.

[mrmetallica]

the video is good but he has the wheel ctrs off the wheel i dont want to take them off it would ruin the wheel so i need to undo a bolt that sits right under the wheel ive pulled the wheel side ways can get to it but the allen key slips .is the ctrs of the wheels glued on or not ? i dont use photo bucket

Here is more of the same video-

phpBB [video]

Are you referring to the road wheel center caps?



In this pic the rear most wheel to the right has a center cap or hub cap. The rest of the wheels show Under the Hub Cap where the Silver Screw is located to Remove the Wheel.



Here you see him using a socket Only to press the Wheel Center Cap or Hub Caps on by pressure and held on by friction.



Here the Road wheel Center Caps or Hub caps are reinstalled.




tried getting one off it just broke the center cap from the wheel

i can see him putting them on . i tried getting one off it chewed the ctr up really bad must be clued. i dont think the owner had a clue withit as the decals still had the clear plastic on whitch should have been taken of lol
Here hopefully if you watched the full video you can see all of the Road Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps reinstalled after he upgraded from plastic wheels and track to metal.

Usually Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps are pressed in as shown in the video above and held in by friction.

BUT since this tank you have, If I remember Correctly from your other postings Here and Other Forums you just picked up from a shop, it didn't work and you didn't know it's previous history,,,

It is entirely possible that the previous owner glued or otherwise secured the Center Caps or Hub Caps On. Because they should Pry off as shown in the previous videos or using a flat head screwdriver without much issue.

Regardless unless someone else with experience with this particular model and issue chimes in, (again why it's a good idea to start a new post topic with a descriptive title of what you need help with , again Not "Painting") that you likely Must remove the Road Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps to remove said wheels.

OR, if you can't remove the wheels, just paint with the wheels on.

[mrmetallica]

Here is more of the same video-

phpBB [video]

Are you referring to the road wheel center caps?



In this pic the rear most wheel to the right has a center cap or hub cap. The rest of the wheels show Under the Hub Cap where the Silver Screw is located to Remove the Wheel.



Here you see him using a socket Only to press the Wheel Center Cap or Hub Caps on by pressure and held on by friction.



Here the Road wheel Center Caps or Hub caps are reinstalled.


just tried to get one off it just broke the center cap so must be glued on

tried getting one off it just broke the center cap from the wheel

i can see him putting them on . i tried getting one off it chewed the ctr up really bad must be clued. i dont think the owner had a clue withit as the decals still had the clear plastic on whitch should have been taken of lol
Here hopefully if you watched the full video you can see all of the Road Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps reinstalled after he upgraded from plastic wheels and track to metal.

Usually Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps are pressed in as shown in the video above and held in by friction.

BUT since this tank you have, If I remember Correctly from your other postings Here and Other Forums you just picked up from a shop, it didn't work and you didn't know it's previous history,,,

It is entirely possible that the previous owner glued or otherwise secured the Center Caps or Hub Caps On. Because they should Pry off as shown in the previous videos or using a flat head screwdriver without much issue.

Regardless unless someone else with experience with this particular model and issue chimes in, (again why it's a good idea to start a new post topic with a descriptive title of what you need help with , again Not "Painting") that you likely Must remove the Road Wheel Center Caps or Hub Caps to remove said wheels.

OR, if you can't remove the wheels, just paint with the wheels on.

[mrmetallica]

tried taking one off it just broke the center cap

[Meter rat]

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Not the end of the world if you destroy them all. They are available.

[Meter rat]

Or try these.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003 ... 22349%21sh.
Everything can be fixed, given a little time, effort and patience. You might be no good now, but without trying and failing you will never learn.

[mrmetallica]

Here's a pic

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Here's a pic hope you can see what I mean

[mrmetallica]

Here's a pic hope you can see what I mean the screw is under the wheel

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This is what happens when I try to get the cap off

[ColemanCollector]

Looks like somebody glued that bad boy on there! Typically, they're just a push-in friction fit. Decision time! Hey, maybe that's the worst one and the others aren't glued on so aggressively? Paint in place, or remove and put on new ones, or salvage the old for reuse?
We have all been there, and I'm still there removing badly installed parts on a T-72! Should've ordered all new sprues of parts instead of just what I thought I needed...cuz I needed them all. Sigh...

Mike.

[mrmetallica]

https://www.forgebeartanks.com/store/p6 ... heels.html
https://www.forgebeartanks.com/store/p9 ... _Tank.html
Not the end of the world if you destroy them all. They are available.

i bought that base as i messed up all the others so dont want to mess this up