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| Subject: | Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels |  |
| Date: | Jun 7, 2003 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
"Mike Canaday" wrote
> The more I look at the concave wheel, the more I think it is a completely
> different design from all of the others. The concave wheels are assembled
> in a fashion similar to the spoked stamped and the convex wheels. The
> concave design doesn't have the second rim that the welded, stamped, and
> convex have.
It might - inside the two halves rather than outside.
> The spoked stamped design has two rims, one that the vertical flange is
> riveted to, and another press fit onto the inner wheel to which the rubber
> tire is vulcanized.
They are riveted and welded. The attached section is one of the convex
wheels. The stamped, spoked wheels were the same construction from what I
can tell.
> All of the concave wheels I have seen are the same on both sides. I have
> photographed both sides wen ever possible. However, I can't see the weld
> joint you speak of.
In the exploded view, the welds are in the groove that runs down the middle
of the OD. There is a band or rim on the inside that the wheel halves are
actually welded to.
KL |
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 | Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Kurt Laughlin - Jun 1, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - mike foncannon - Jun 3, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Kurt Laughlin - Jun 4, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Mike Canaday - Jun 7, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Kurt Laughlin - Jun 7, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Mike Canaday - Jun 7, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Kurt Laughlin - Jun 7, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Paul Roberts - Jun 9, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Kurt Laughlin - Jun 9, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Mike Canaday - Jun 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Kurt Laughlin - Jun 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Sherman VVSS convex wheels - Mike Canaday - Jun 10, 2003 |
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