It's Question of Wheels...
I've got a couple of free road wheels and on close inspection the rubber is delaminating on one and the bearing is siezed on the other.
You tend to see wheels for around £25-50 each on ebay, but even then the rubber and / or bearings could be shot. What's the rough cost of refurbishing a wheel with new rubber and a set of bearings?
IIRC Richie's re-rubbering was over £50 per wheel and the wheel bearings are an odd size, meaning they cost £50+ per wheel, is that correct, thus what do we reckon the all in cost of turning a rough US wheel into a new one would be? I've got my eye on a set of eight NOS wheels for the Loyd anyway but I wanted to weigh up the costs....
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Alastair
Lincoln, UK.
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1944 No2 MK2 Loyd Carrier - Tracked Towing
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