Finally someone who explains how to put them back together , been watching a lot of hot wheels modification videos and they always leave out the part where they get the car back in one piece. Great video 👍

Excellent tutorial, thank you very much for this one

Thank you to Teach me!! ;) greets from Germany!

I have been putting a strip of yellow electrical tape on my drill bits as a depth guide.

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

Great Idea!

Superb tutorial thank you 🙌

love your vids man keep it up ;)

Suggestion. Get yourself a t-handled tap holder and then just remove the "T" handle part. Leaves you with a nice finger driven handle.

Thank you.

Thanks for this!

U will always get a clean base!!!

quick tip,,,using the right type of tap eliminates the need to "reverse and break" the chip.. some taps are designed to push the chip back out the hole ,,, some push the chip forward,, some do neither... depends on the type of tap ..As a machinist I never use anything more than a 2 flute tap for hand tapping and rarely break a tap anymore...the cheaper 3 and 4 flute taps will break much too easy. the best tap for this process and material would be a "2 flute spiral point plug tap".It looks like that,s what your using in the video. hard to tell

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

It is indeed a two flute straight shank relief style. So the chips peel forward. Do you have a link to the style that ejects the chips? I've broken one of these tapping into the hot wheels metal due to galling.

thanks so much!so many videos on how to take these apart, so few on how to securely put them back together. much appreciated!!

Sweet 👍

What size screws u used??

Can you put links for tools.

Where can i buy the tool to make the thread for the screws?

I have a tip on How do you make side skirts on a hot wheels or match box diesel truck for it's trailer i plan to create side skirts?

Do you have another video of tacking the wheels from the base

Just wondering,would you happen to be Canadian?

Where do you get the screws and the washers

Thank you for this video. Just have the right direction on how to remove and change the rivets. Just wanna ask if the M2 threading screw is just the same as the tapping screw you have used? It was like that's the only thing I can find in our country. The M2 tapping screw.

@rabfan

2 жыл бұрын

You bet. The tap and screw are both m2 sized. Have a look on eBay for the tap

Who do you get your supplies from

love it!!! what kind of oil do you use?

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just using a mixture of non synthetic ATF and WD40 but any thin oil will do.

What size screws

Where can i get. Tap?

where can I find that 2mm threader (tapper) hand tool? :O

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

I bought mine on ebay

Can you use small self tapping screws instead of manually tapping the posts?

@rabfan

4 жыл бұрын

Big L thanks for the comment! I have seen several customs using that method. I’m not sure where they are sourcing their screws.

@JOINTROLLAZz

4 жыл бұрын

@@rabfan was just curious, ill have a search and see if i can find any, ill let you know!

can you do this even on a diecast car that has relatively tiny rivets and posts? looking to customize one but the rivets (and assuming the posts as well) look much smaller in comparison to the other diecast cars i've seen

@rabfan

2 жыл бұрын

You’d have to try and find a smaller screw and tap to fit your rivet post

@tommurphy4307

7 ай бұрын

i do the racing champions micros (1/144). i use a .043 drill for setting the screws and #0 sheet metal screws with either pan or countersunk head. setting the screws should be the first step to minimize the chance of ruining a rivet post- do this before cutting the rivet lip. no tap needed for metal screws.

What are all the sizes you used for drill bits and tap? And where can I get the screws and washers?

@tommurphy4307

7 ай бұрын

drill and screw charts are all over the web. i get my screws from a surplus store or ababa/QA which is more $$$$

Possible you could explain the oil?

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, I'm just using a mixture of non synthetic ATF and wd40 but any thin oil will do.

What is the size of the bolt and what kind of material?

@rabfan

4 жыл бұрын

Tristan Abaño they are 1-72 stainless steel button head cap screws

there's no need for tapping if you use sheet metal screws- they cut threads into the post. tapping cast white metal is a waste of time cuz its soft metal.

What drill bit size do you use to drill rivet heads

@philbuell6657

2 жыл бұрын

9/64

@tommurphy4307

7 ай бұрын

seems a bit big, but i do N scale CMW and RC micro cars.

What is meant by "breaking the chip"? Thank you.

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

The tap peels metal off the side of the hole to create the threads. As that metal peels, it curls up in the tap reliefs. When you turn the tap backwards a bit, that peel breaks off the side of the hole. If you don't break the peel off periodically, you run the risk of the peel getting so large that it interferes with the new threads being created and will gall up the tap. This can damage the threads or jam the tap and cause it to break.

@ronmartin7421

3 жыл бұрын

@@rabfan Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that.

@tommurphy4307

7 ай бұрын

all the more reason to use metal screws@@rabfan

Push the wind shield down

can you please share Tap size

@rabfan

3 жыл бұрын

It is a 1-72 tap. If you google "1-72 tap size" a chart will come up with recommendations for drill size etc. there are several sizes of screw and tap that will work for hot wheels. I just used 1-72 because my local bolt supply can get them.

@tommurphy4307

7 ай бұрын

if you use a #1 metal screw no tap is needed- about the same size hole as 1-72

Is it 1/16 or 11/16

@rabfan

4 жыл бұрын

Convel Blade 1/16” for the threaded hole.