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Re: Team 3647: Off season

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Originally Posted by Tom I View Post
Yeah that's a real easy way to make your own traction wheels, just be sure to pre-drill the holes and that'll work just fine. I remember when High-Traction wheels were first introduced to FIRST, they were aluminum wheels that you actually pop riveted the tread onto.

Let us know how well you do in the off season comp, and good luck!
We still pop rivet our tread on, and it holds beautifully. The only problem is that our tread - at least the last time we used it - wore out pretty quickly, so replacing it got pretty tiresome.

Another alternative I've seen is using threaded inserts with pre-drilled tread (so that the holes in the tread line up with the inserts).
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