Rover Wheel Bearings

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Originally Posted by EricVicenti

Is there any way to put 1/2" bearings in the rover wheels? Unfortunately, I assumed that yesterday, but came to the lab this morning to put the wheels on our practice drive-train to no avail. Can we buy bearings that will fit? The bearings they came with seem to be undersized 1-1/8".

Also, I realize that an un-driven 3/8" axle would be strong enough, and I don't want this to turn into a 25/35 chain discussion about strength. We have other reasons why we are using a 1/2" axle.

If you'd like I can find you the ebay vendor I bought ours from. They have a store front as well as an ebay shop and the ebay shop was cheaper by about 20%.

Combined with a discount from LIVE.com and you could pick up 40 or 50 bearings for under 50$. (If memory serves- I don't have my cost accounting spreadsheet right now).

-Edit: This is the vendor I used last year.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=110332468086