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Re: Who makes their own wheels?
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Originally Posted by pwnageNick View Post
In 2013 we ran an 8WD with custom aluminum wheels with blue nitrile wrapped around. The wheels were also hubless and had a tube shaft as part of the wheel. This allowed larger bearings to be run directly on the wheel.

Here's a link to an album with some pictures from it.

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Those are some absolutely beautiful wheels. How did you attach the sprockets to the wheel "shafts"? I'm assuming the two little holes at the end of the wheel "shaft" had something to do with it. Also, why were some of the sprockets hex shaft fit and some round(in pic #2)?
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