Stock axles have a variety of steering stabilizers and sway bars, but if you are doing a swap you will generally not have these in the first place, and you wouldn't want them, since they limit your articulation. Which leads us to the first problem with a solid axle swap.
Cut a piece of card stock 1/2 inch by 11 inches and another 1 1/4 inches by 11 inches. These will be your measuring guides to make the pleated section of the hat. Jeff Farris. Align the half-inch guide at the bottom of a piece of printer paper.eff Farris. Tape two pieces of paper end to end with an overlap of one inch, resulting in a piece of paper 8 1/2 inches by 21 inches (larger hats will need a third piece of paper). Use the folding guide to mark 1 1/4 inches along the long edge of the paper and fold along the line.
It's pretty easy to shrink a hat. Keeping a hat from shrinking is the hard part. Most hats are made from a cotton blend of fabrics. Cotton is the easiest fabric to shrink. What you need to shrink a hat: 1  Hot water. 2  Sink or bucket. 3  Spray bottle. 4  Dishwasher.