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Re: Attaching Treads to IFI Wheel

We started with one side unassembled. The tread was held in place to the wheel with a pair of vise grips and we used a red hot sharpened piece of metal to form the hole in the tread my pushing it through the hole in the wheel. (Note: the smoke of the burning tread was unpleasant. We faced a fan out the open door to remedy the problem) After one rivet was in place, we clamped the other end of the tread, making sure it was taught around the wheel and repeated the process for all the rivets.
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