Help!!..wheels?

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by squirrel

We're looking at using 1/2" cantilevered dead axles again this year, and I notice that Colson wheels are available with a 1/2" bore bearing or bushing, although it's not the most common hole size for them. Instead of using a rotary table, maybe we could put a bearing into a sprocket, bolt it to the wheel with a 1/2" bolt, and use the holes in the sprocket as a template for drilling the holes in the wheel, bolt the sprocket to the wheel with the 3 or 6 small bolts, and then leave the bearing in the sprocket to keep the sprocket concentric with the axle on the robot.

There seem to be several different types of tread avaiable, do you have experience with some of the different ones, and recommendations?

You could buy those if you were so inclined (although they aren't cheap).

The proccess you described is exactly what we do, 3 bolts is all you will need.

You want ones with "Performa" tread, which is just about all of them. I don't think it matters what color they are.