Bogie Wheel Re-rubbering

[Stew Robertson]

I am of the same mind, Ron do it at home it is a lot cheaper in the long run.

I made a mold and poured a complete set carrier wheels using 80 duro polyurethane which was the same material used by the stamping industry for pressure plates and will take millions of compression hits before failure
The poly is a lot more durable than the rubber
The one I did have about 100 miles on them and still look like new
no sign of chips wear or nicks
If I can remember I will try to post some pics over the weekend
The same can be said about track every one of our countries have casting shop, why send it to China
The steel mold was so good there is not machining and you can pop out a wheel every hour if you are so inclined
to remove the rubber I just took a gear box with a through shaft and spacers to fit the hub and cut the old rubber off > I will try to get the picture of that too