Lego Racer
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How to take an Asin Hub apart:
Separate the top and bottom peaces:
Starting with the top peace you want to separate the spring from the Top part of the hub. Compress the spring and twist. It will separate easily. Now it should look like:
You will see there is a second spring attached to another peace there separate that if you need to do some cleaning. If you have it will look like this:
Now that the top peace has pretty much been completely disassembled we will start working on the bottom half:
You want to take the inner C-clip out first. Be careful they like to fly out. Once you have completed that you clean the wazoo out it. Use a wire wheel or emery cloth.
It should look like this now:
Then you want to take off the outer C-clip:
Once you have done that flip it upside down and that part will fall out. Clean it up really well with a wire wheel or emery cloth.
If you have gone this far make sure EVERYTHING is clean in there.
Now it is time to re-assemble the hubs, all we have to do is work it backwards now. Starting with the large C-clip, go ahead and put that last peace you took out and place it in it original spot. Put the large C-clip in place and now that should look like this:
The inner peace is a very important part for the Hubs. It is the one that turns inside.
I?m a fan of lithium grease so put it around the smooth part:
When you go to put this peace in make sure that spacer sits on top of the smooth surface and then put it through the hub? Look at the last picture to make sure it is like that.
Now put the smaller C-clip in its spot to hold the inner part of the hub together.
Ok we are half way done. We are working on the top half of the hub. Remember that little spring you took off. This has to go together the exact same way it came off.
Part of the spring sits on top of a flange and part of it sits under the flange.
It will look like that when you are done.
Hey we are 80% done!!!! Wooo hooo
Now that you have the small spring attached to the one peace you have now put the bottom half of the spring in the grove of the gear. It is kind of like screwing on a pop bottle lid. But you only part way. Once you have started putting that spring in turn it with care, you could end up breaking that spring. Boy oh boy you don?t want to do that. Everything should be straight inline. And if you look close enough you can see where the spring should be when you?re done.
Then you will take that large spring rest it on the top housing of the hub (on the inside) and compress the spring with the gear looking part of the hub and slightly twist it counter clock wise. Now the part that turns your hub should have the some lithium grease on the slides (It makes it nice and easy to turn them). On the inner side of the hub (large peace) put lithium grease in those channels. Once you?re done that, you have completed the tear down and re-assemble of the asin hubs.
(sorry for the last photo being the same as the first but I forgot to take a photo of the final product)
Go ahead and install them on your rig.
Separate the top and bottom peaces:
Starting with the top peace you want to separate the spring from the Top part of the hub. Compress the spring and twist. It will separate easily. Now it should look like:
You will see there is a second spring attached to another peace there separate that if you need to do some cleaning. If you have it will look like this:
Now that the top peace has pretty much been completely disassembled we will start working on the bottom half:
You want to take the inner C-clip out first. Be careful they like to fly out. Once you have completed that you clean the wazoo out it. Use a wire wheel or emery cloth.
It should look like this now:
Then you want to take off the outer C-clip:
Once you have done that flip it upside down and that part will fall out. Clean it up really well with a wire wheel or emery cloth.
If you have gone this far make sure EVERYTHING is clean in there.
Now it is time to re-assemble the hubs, all we have to do is work it backwards now. Starting with the large C-clip, go ahead and put that last peace you took out and place it in it original spot. Put the large C-clip in place and now that should look like this:
The inner peace is a very important part for the Hubs. It is the one that turns inside.
I?m a fan of lithium grease so put it around the smooth part:
When you go to put this peace in make sure that spacer sits on top of the smooth surface and then put it through the hub? Look at the last picture to make sure it is like that.
Now put the smaller C-clip in its spot to hold the inner part of the hub together.
Ok we are half way done. We are working on the top half of the hub. Remember that little spring you took off. This has to go together the exact same way it came off.
Part of the spring sits on top of a flange and part of it sits under the flange.
It will look like that when you are done.
Hey we are 80% done!!!! Wooo hooo
Now that you have the small spring attached to the one peace you have now put the bottom half of the spring in the grove of the gear. It is kind of like screwing on a pop bottle lid. But you only part way. Once you have started putting that spring in turn it with care, you could end up breaking that spring. Boy oh boy you don?t want to do that. Everything should be straight inline. And if you look close enough you can see where the spring should be when you?re done.
Then you will take that large spring rest it on the top housing of the hub (on the inside) and compress the spring with the gear looking part of the hub and slightly twist it counter clock wise. Now the part that turns your hub should have the some lithium grease on the slides (It makes it nice and easy to turn them). On the inner side of the hub (large peace) put lithium grease in those channels. Once you?re done that, you have completed the tear down and re-assemble of the asin hubs.
(sorry for the last photo being the same as the first but I forgot to take a photo of the final product)
Go ahead and install them on your rig.
