It would be helpful to know what kind of wheel it is. Some use a straight roller bearing while others use a tapered bearing. My hangar mate has a set of Tracy Obrian wheels that use a sealed bearing and thought he had a wobbly wheel. The bearing simply wasn't fully seated. Once seated, the wheel turned perfectly true.
I also had a problem with the wheels wobbling on my KR project when I first bought it. It had brand new Cleveland wheels on it that had a wobble that also translated to the brake disc not tracking straight. Cleveland replaced them free of charge. In other cases, sometimes the tread on the tires simply is not straight on the tires. One tire that was on my SuperCub looked like the wheel was wobbling a full inch when it was rolling. It looked really strange, but the issue was that the tread was not straight on the tire carcas. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Boyd > Sent: 11/30/12 09:12 AM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Wheel Wobble > > All good points Peter, I believe that I have covered each of them. I > even replaced the taper bearings with the two from the other wheel. I > separated the wheel halves and re assembled them. Looks good as far as > I can tell. I will re inspect the races to verify they are seated. > If all else fails I'll order a new wheel. Bob > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:53 AM, peter <[email protected]> wrote: > > if the wheel is cast alum. then the problem should be confined to the > > bearings. Are the races seated in the halves? Is there uneven wear in the > > taper bearings? Are the wheel halves touching all the way around when > > torqued? Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
