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Re: What to do about wheel traction???

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Originally Posted by nyu500 View Post
Also, if no other solution can be solved, does anyone know how to remove the original treading from the KOP wheels? They wheels tread was molded onto a plastic T attached to the base, so if we were to cut all of the tread off, it would cut off that T as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Now this is something that we on 1618 have some expertise with. Consider:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26437
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26439

We cut the tread off on a bandsaw with no real problems to the wheels. Just cut carefully, and remember that the area of the cut is going to be H-O-T HOT. (I'm finally just about recovered from the burn. It was not enjoyable at all.)

From there, drill holes and rivet.
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