BBS RC Center Cap Wrench
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Hey. Figured I would check here first before going to ebay or something. Anybody have the center cap wrench for the larger BBS RC center caps? Coilover setup comes this week for the Z3 and will eventually need to take wheels off, lol. Let me know.
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Sounds like a great 1st project for a 3d printer!
I second this!
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Sounds like a great 1st project for a 3d printer!
I was actually looking for a 3d print file online earlier. There is one for the smaller center caps, but nothing I can find for the larger ones like mine. I'll for sure be watching as many tutorials on Fusion360 as I can to learn how to create 3d files from scratch.
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If you can find dimensions, I can probably throw a part file together for you this evening if you wanted.
That'd be pretty dope. I am going to snap a picture of the center cap head on best I can later and draw up some dimensions. Then mess around with Fusion360 or something to see what I can figure out. I will send the pic and dimensions to you as well tho if you feel like whipping something up.
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So I actually just 3D printed a 6 sides one just to see if it would maybe work, but it didnt. I think if it had the notches between the points (like the first one Tom linked) to accommodate the 12pt center cap, it may have worked.
I feel like an idiot tho. The 12pt wrench 3D file that I found which I thought was for a smaller size, is actually the correct size. My 3D print program autoscaled it down to 65% to fit my print bed. When I bring it back up to 100% scaled, it is too large for my printer no matter how I rotate it. My solution, chop the handle down an inch or so and rotate it to fit the print volume and use supports.
Original
After chopping the handle down to fit
And showing the 3D print layers with support material
Just hit go on a 21 hour print, so we shall see how it turns out.
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Well, it was successful! The PLA material I printed the wrench from is actually pretty damn strong. I'm surprised.
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if it doesnt work you can send me the file and I can print it at work
Thanks! I wanted to give it a whirl on my machine to see if it was capable or not. I'm very impressed.
If anyone needs the 6pt wrench I originally printed, let me know. I have no need for it.
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looks like it turned out pretty dang well
I still need to mess around with the settings for the supports as they are still a little difficult to remove. Better than it used to be tho. I had them under the handle portion as seen below.
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What does that cost in materials?
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What does that cost in materials?
Thats a good question. I never really pay attention to the amount of material my program estimates per print. I’ll have to remember to do that and divide the cost of a spool of filament by lengths.
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Thats a good question. I never really pay attention to the amount of material my program estimates per print. I’ll have to remember to do that and divide the cost of a spool of filament by lengths.
Just curious if the juice was worth the squeeze for lack of a better phrase.
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Just curious if the juice was worth the squeeze for lack of a better phrase.
I just opened my print file back up. Says that it used 32.09 meters (or approximately 95 grams) of filament to print. The filament spool I am using cost me $23 for 1kg. We all know that 1kg equals 1000 grams. So dividing $23 by 1000 grams gives you 0.02 cents per gram. Multiple that by the 95 grams and it cost me $2.19 to print this wrench. I'd say this juice was worth the squeeze for sure!
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If the 6 side one will fit E34/E38 center caps I'd take it
Measuring the BBS logo, its about 3-3/16" or roughly 80mm. So, if thats the same as yours it may work. You can have it and try it out if you want.
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