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Re: Rhino track failier?
Another update for today:

We've got good news and bad news.

The GOOD NEWS is that the pulley mold modification is done and we have some first run pulleys. They look good so far, and we are testing them now.

The BAD NEWS is that there was much sinking around the inner bore when we reduced that bore to 0.754". So, we won't have Improvement #5 as I mentioned earlier today. We will have Improvements #1-4.

Our mold tool has is a two cavity mold. The tool makers changed the inner bore to 0.754" on one of them, but they left the second one at the original size. They are changing the one back today and tomorrow so that they are both at the original bore size. This eliminates the change which helped users add in a bushing if they wished to do so. With these new Improvements (1-4), I don't think that this bushing addition is needed. It would have been nice to have it, but since it caused sinking trouble with the material, we quickly gave up on that feature.

Sincerely,
Andy B.