Thread: Hex Shaft Wear Experiences
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Re: Hex Shaft Wear Experiences
We used live axles with cantelevered wheels last year using 1/2" hex aluminum. It worked out very well. The wheels were AMs with hex bore and some omni's with the hex adapter. The sprockets on the wheel axles were nylon and the problems we had with wear was on the sprocket teeth due to inadequate tension in the chain. We had no wear in the hex parts at all.

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