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Secure you wheels with pop rivets: pull out the mandrel, then crimp the rivet onto the axle. Just grind two notches into the axle with a Dremel tool, then crimp the rivets into the notches with the side cutters of a pair of plyers. The rivet holds the wheel tightly, but a twist will remove the rivet and wheel. Adapted from 400 Great R/C Modeling Tips by Jim Newman, Volume II, an Air Age Media...

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