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Originally Posted by squirrel
How were the 3 screws around the bearing installed? Did you have the plastic washers between the screw heads, and the side plate?
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by RogerR
did you press a bearing into the sprocket itself?
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No, but this sounds like a very good idea, never thought about that. Maybe we will try this next year.
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Originally Posted by Tom Line
Many, many thousands of IFI wheels have been sold. I have not heard of many complaints.
We've run probably 20 of the wheels without any problems at all. Many of them are multiple-season use.
I'm curious - were you using chain? If so, what gauge? Was the chain aligned properly from front to back - i.e. was it perfectly perpendicular to the shaft the wheel was running on, or was it pulling at an angle? How tight did you have it?
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We were using #25 chain and it was aligned from front to back fairly well, and was pulling perpendicular to the shaft until the wheel started to deform. Once the wheel was wobbling though, the chain just popped right off. It did have a fairly good amount of tension in it as well.