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Cory
15-01-2008, 22:38
[cdm-description=photo]29629[/cdm-description]
CraigHickman
15-01-2008, 22:38
Ooooh, shiny! I notice you guys always make your wheels two pieces, and I've never really known why... care to enlighten me?
Cory
15-01-2008, 22:47
Ooooh, shiny! I notice you guys always make your wheels two pieces, and I've never really known why... care to enlighten me?

There's a chamfered groove in each half that acts as a beadlock style wheel and captures the tread.

In the past we've actually run the wheels with no rivets, to hold the ends down, and it works just fine
Stephen Kowski
15-01-2008, 23:40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jskowski/459486148/

should give you a better idea....ive highlighted some of the points of interest on the photo
Travis Covington
16-01-2008, 02:20
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jskowski/459486148/

should give you a better idea....ive highlighted some of the points of interest on the photo

haha! Thanks, you did the explaining for us!
CraigHickman
16-01-2008, 12:26
Sweet. Our wheels have the lip on the edge, but we just rivet. Does the 2 piece give any major advantages to offset the weight of cap screws to hold it together?
Cory
16-01-2008, 17:26
Sweet. Our wheels have the lip on the edge, but we just rivet. Does the 2 piece give any major advantages to offset the weight of cap screws to hold it together?

The weight pretty much is negligible, as far as we're concerned. The wheel weighs something like 0.23 lbs.
Stephen Kowski
16-01-2008, 17:57
haha! Thanks, you did the explaining for us!

I've tried to explain it to several people before, it always seems easier to do it this way.