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pic: Spotted at IRI: New AM wheel (2)
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Re: pic: Spotted at IRI: New AM wheel (2)
A quick question for anyone that went to IRI and saw this, what is the weight. Also how do you mount the sprocket to this baby.
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Re: pic: Spotted at IRI: New AM wheel (2)
I handled the 4" wheel, and it felt roughly comparable to the FIRST wheel. Of course, the wheel was a prototype of a different plastic--that weight is subject to change.
As for sprockets, it's got the de facto standard 1.875" bolt circle for mounting. |
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Thanks, I like how all the andy mark products have the sprockets mounted with bolts. We used to JB Weld the sprockets to a shaved down wheel from Motion Industries.
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The bore has 2 levels the outter bore and center bore. The center bore is designed to take AM hubs for live axle and the outside bore is designed to accept bearings. The wheel has the standard 1.875 bolt hole pattern and is compatible with most other AM products. |
Re: pic: Spotted at IRI: New AM wheel (2)
About how wide was it, and what are the dia.'s of the bores?
Maybe we'll get these in the kit eh? |
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I was gonna say, that sure looks like a 3d printer model....
Nice wheel! probably a 1-1/8" counter bore for the bearing, with a 7/8" hole size so you can use either 3/8" or 1/2" ID standard bearings. |
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Yes! Clamping treads into place makes things so much easier to deal with... mainly due to the lack of rivets!
Team 60 was showing us their innovative wheels, which clamp the tread in the same manner. I was thinking to myself how awesome it would be to be able to do that.... but our machining abilities are limited. These wheels would make it possible for us. Why is AndyMark so awesome? |
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1) Andy 2) Mark 3) Synergy (see 1 and 2 above) -------- I look forward to seeing these wheels in production. Lighter, cheaper, stronger. :) |
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These wheels look great -- a much lighter alternative to AM's existing traction wheels. |
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Those can't be prototypes!:D
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I'm interested in seeing how the tread is 'clamped' into place. The only problem I've had with the old version of the wheel is having to replace the tread and drilling out the rivets holes. Then eventually having the holes grow too large for the rivets.
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I can't believe I missed these at IRI.
Hopefully it's not too long before we get details on material, weight, dimensions, etc... Quote:
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As Cory said above they are the beadlock style that 60/254/968 have used for years. The wheels do look very nice and I am sure they will be pretty light. A very good off the shelf solution to a light wheel that can take a beating. Looks to be another great AndyMark product.
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