Thread: AndyMark Plaction Wheels
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Re: AndyMark Plaction Wheels
Those are amazing wheels! The traction and quality is superb, but ugh... We had the same problem with one of our wheels in the second to last match of the finals! We were going over the bump... and all of a sudden it stalled! You can see it on the youtube video... when we started over the bump the back tread came right off. I dont know if there is a channel that it popped out of... I didnt get a good look at it before we shipped it off. All I know is the moment our driver backed off of the bump, we had a tread lying on the field.

Seeing this thread I am certain we shall replace the stripped wheel with one from our prototype and then pop rivet all of them before the matches at NC. Has anyone pop-riveted the plaction wheels and has advice that could prove useful or critical? I saw the great post on not riveting on the centerline, thank you for that, but does anything else come up?
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