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17-03-11, 10:48
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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. Under Restoration: 1944 No2 MK2 Loyd Carrier - Tracked Towing 1944 Ford WOT6 Lorry The Loyd on Facebook 
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17-03-11, 12:06
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Ah ha Alastair,
I recognise you from HMVF. We have had all 40 roadwheels on our BV 206 re rubbered at a cost of $100 per wheel. Now I have a mate who is doing them in polyurethane for $38 each. R
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17-03-11, 17:00
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you can get around the bearing issue by making a sleeve then the price of bearings goes from circa £60 / bearing down to £4.00 per bearing.....
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17-03-11, 21:47
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just buy the good wheels mate, i know it breaks your heart to part with a bit of hard earned but sometimes you just have to pay to get the good stuff
eddy
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