1964 Dodge Color Me Gone wheel fitment question

[Kelly Burns]

I'm building the '64 CMG Dodge, pretty much box stock.  Well its actually going to be the Little Old Lady from Pasadena's car, correct to the song, however for this question its box stock.  I'm building out the suspension right now, and I never thought to check before paint, but the holes in the wheels are a larger diameter than the axle or spindle "pins".  I've followed the instructions and do not see where I could have gone wrong.  I can come up with a solution, or I'm open to advice on it, but before I started any fabrication or modifying I wanted to see if anyone else had a similar problem and what they did.

Your help is appreciated!

[Mopar maniac 74]

What kit

Lindberg or round 2? Or other?

[Mark]

Isn't there an insert piece that is trapped between the wheel halves, and which sticks out of the hole in the inner half?

[jokar124]

46 minutes ago, Mark said:

Isn't there an insert piece that is trapped between the wheel halves, and which sticks out of the hole in the inner half?

On the virtually identical Lindberg '64 Ramchargers Dodge kit, that would be part #68, wheel retainer

Edited September 3, 2022 by jokar124

[R. Thorne]

You are not imagining things.  The “back plate” that fits on the axles front and rear is too large for the axles by about .005”, making for a very sloppy fit.  One of the few things I dislike about these Lindberg kits of the 1964 Dodges.  You could drill it out and shim it with tubing, put half round shims in, or simply glue it in with thick  glue or ca.  On the “glass is half full” philosophy side, it does allow you to jig the chassis up to make all 4 tires sit on the ground.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Trim off the pins and replace them with the correctly sized plastic rod.

A pretty simple fix.

 

This is the sort of thing that guys who do a lot of parts swapping and modifying do without thinking about it.

 

 

 

 

Steve

[skymnky721]

 JB weld works at this,,its sets really slow so you have time to :set wheels straight propped up w/small paint bottles on outside of wheels to get a good 90 Degrees relation to ground surface. I just insert a moderate amount on wheel back pin outer and gently push it on.  And at that point you have about 5-6 hrs to set wheel stance however you may want.

[Kelly Burns]

It is the Lindberg kit.

I appreciate all the replies.  I double checked, again, to make sure I hadn't missed a piece or assembled it incorrectly, and it looks like I've not done either.  With that being said, my idea to fix it was mentioned by @R. Thorne.  Although the route @StevenGuthmiller is a good way to go, if my rear end was glued into place, I would probably to it that way.