Jake Wrote to Online Radio Control Car & Truck Mechanic:
" You guys may or may not know this, but I have a TC5 touring car, and when i'm done running around outside with guys in the parking, My car is covered in dust and road crap. My friend told me to use a automotive brake cleaner to rinse off my chassis. I noticed he did this with his older TC3, seems to work. My co-worker said that would be bad for the plastic, who is right? Also when I bring in my car into the house rocks and stuff fall from the car, and when I take off the wheel I can hear little rocks running around inside the tire, and since they are glued, I can't get them out. What I can I do about these problems????? Any advise would be great. Thanks."
Hey Jake, nice to hear you are enjoying pounding the pavement. And yes, it can get a little dusty and dirty out there depending on where you on road driving. Some places are better than others. First off DO NOT use automotive brake clean to clean ANYTHING R/C, well at least the car itself. Automotive brake clean is VERY strong and can eat plastics making them weaker and eat the coatings inside electric motors causing them to short out after long term use. You can use hobby specific electric motor cleaner for the electric portion of your collection. We use a air compressor to blow off all our cars, on road or off road. and if that doesn't work for you then a mild damp cloth and tooth brush works too. But more time consuming. The rocks in the tires, well Jake..... the set you have now, you may have to live with unless you can get the tires off. Being glued down does make this a little difficult. So here is what we suggest for your NEXT set of tires. You may notice some "breather" holes on the inside of the rims of most R/C wheels. On road is common to get crap in the tires, and even our off road trucks get junk in the wheels, most common is water. Which is not so bad to get rid of. You can use these breather holes on the inside of your touring car wheels to your advantage. Using a small amount of very fine screen sometimes a window screen is enough, or even finer. CA glue a tiny section of screen around the hole. This will allow the tire breath without getting anything obstructing stuck inside. Keeping stuff from inside the tires will keep them lighter, and balanced. Off balance tires can not always be seen, but if you only knew what the car was going through. It's the same reason why we balance our full size car tires. Better driving and handling. Not to mention smoother operation of everything involving your drive train on your R/C car.
Hope this helps.
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