1/12 Mercedes CLK wheel/tyre removal?

I just recently removed my chasis on a AUTOart GT2, while it was disassembled, I managed to make a mental note of the wheels assembly in case I had to disassemble is once more.

The wheels seem to be attached via a plastic axle and mounting screw. Removal and replacing looks to be very easy.

A small phillips screw driver will suffice n removing any of the screws.

I'll take another look, but when I was looking down through the rear suspension, the half shaft looks to go directly into the back of the wheel w/out threads(prolly just ornamental). It also looks like there could be a very small bolt (1/8"or 2-3mm) on the spindle. :confused

I emailed AUTOart and they've so far just said that they're not supposed to come off and my reply was "I appreciate that, but I need to get into the left rear suspension to fix the breakage". So hopefully they'll give me some more insight. :waiting

never tried to take it off mine though

I've never remove the wheels on mine. Sorry I'm not much of a help, Mike.

I'm guessing there's a tiny screw (a philip, perhaps?) behind the plug, in the middle.... :confused

BTW, why would you want to remove the rear wheel? Need to do some repair work?

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That's what I was thinking, I just need to try and get the center cap off. ullhair

As for the repair work, yup. I've got a broken rear suspension(3 pts) that needs fixing.

how on earth did you manage to get the suspension broken??

DJD- er, uhmm don't ask. :lol

it actually showed up this way as a parts car. Ithought it was going to be a destroyed car, but it's perfect except for this. I want to fix it as I have plans for it.

btw do you also got the white tyres problem?

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Yeah, I had that problem. I look after it by using a tyre dressing/conditioner by Autoglym. It won't remove the lettering(at least not on mine) and keeps the tyres black. The only problem I'm having now is the letters have gone a tad dirty, but I think a mild soap and wtaer solution will clean that up.

The reason the tyres go white is b/c the silicone in the tyres is going off.

that conditioner
is that like that stuff you use on 1/1 cars to get the tyres more black again?

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Yup! It be the same.

Nothing better than AutoGlym...in my humble opinion. :cheers

Tire removal is easy - carefully pry them off.

Putting them back in is a royal pain.

Tried to remove the wheels on mine too, but they wouldn't budge.

My left-rear suspension is broken too.. the blue thing cracked right in the middle, so that side kinda 'floats' right now.

You guys got me all paranoid, so I went and checked on my 1/12 CLK GTR....

Phew! No problems. :happy

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:lol

Just checked mine aswell

only problems the white rear wheel and me fiddling on getting one of those damn little "hoodclips" back on :ranting

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You too, huh? :lol Annoying, isn't it? :giggle

And I'm a little surprise to see that you have a 1/12. I thought you're a die-hard 1/43er. :happy

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yes, i hate those little things :ranting usually i try to use a pincet (is that a correct english word????) to place them back, but didn't had one nearby ullhair

and, yes I AM a DIE-HARD 1/43'er
BUT, i got suckered into 1/12 back in 1997 when the F50 came out, big suprise there huh :wink :lol

and then the merc when it just came out, and now i got 5 1/12's and counting :shipwrecked