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Re: How many rivets on a wheel is "too much"?
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Originally Posted by Ninja_Bait
How often do you have to do that, though? In my experience, we had to repin the tread at least once per competition, no matter how many rivets we put in, or what wheel and tread combo we used.
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We only had to reattach tread in 06 when we used the first version of the IFI wheels because there where some design issues (which have since been resolved). I usually tread the wheels once with our lead mechanical student and don't have to worry about it. In 6 years we have only blown a tread once back in 2006 and that was the afformentioned wheel issue.
BTW In case anyone was wondering we use stainless steel 3/32" rivets for the tread.
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