A Plymouth Problem
I just bought a 68 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S, and it has a problem. I opened it up, and it has one wheel sticking up into the body. The other front wheel is stuck and will not spin. What should I do?
Discussion
For some reason I end up with a lot of new cars that come out of the shell with their wheels rubbing up into the wheel well. Shy of turning it into a project car, my first attempt is to try and bend the axle a bit by just pushing down on the wheels...not really enough to make the wheels not run flat but a little bit to help stop it from pushing up.
In a few cases I found that the wheel wells on the chassis weren't filed down real well and have extra bits of metal and even paint that rub the wheels. In those cases I try to cut it down with the hobby knife without carving up the wheels. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
However, I suppose the easy solution is to just make it mod and keep looking for a replacement for your stock collection.
The RX-7 I just bought is like that. It will be my first tear apart. Not sure if I'm going to grind out the fenders or just put new wheels on it.
**Edit: 1/24/2013- So I noticed upon taking apart my RX-7, my front wheels axle was actually setting on top of the three prongs that holds the axle in place. This could be the case with your's.
I finally got it apart. I discovered that the front things on the interior were bent and out of place. The one on the right was on the left, letting the right wheel to jam into the body. The left thing was rubbing on the left wheel, preventing it from functioning properly. Now bent back into shape, it can roll, and pretty fast. (I have not tested it on orange track, though.)
Rip it open and install new wheels!