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Re: pic: 816's 2011 Off-Season Teaser

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
We hit some snags with the kids on winter break, so the axles are And Brando, to follow up, I had the chance to test the press fit on one of the colson plugs at the machine shop with a few of the guys. Pressed the hub into the colson, clamped the wheel into the vice, then used a Torque Wrench to apply Torque. We found out that I wan't strong enough to apply more than 80 ft-lbs of Torque before stopping. (Interestingly enough, the tread of the wheel started to deform after ~50ft-lbs of TQ or so, pretty sure they'll rarely see more than that during competition.)
Sweetness.

Yeah with those what I assume are polypropylene hubs you can do quite a generous interference fit. I think last year I had a .010" interference and pressed the hubs in with no problems, and never had an issue with slipping them. I imagine you will see similar success.

I'm curious about the 10WD tho. Are you guys just playing around with possibilities, or do you feel there is a strategic advantage to the 10WD?

Looks slick.

-Brando
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