ORIGINAL: zoomzoooie


Bolar, did you ever try glueing foam wheels together and sanding them? What glue would work well on this type of foam.


I think putting a foam insert in Trexlers would defeat the function of them being able to absorb rough fields.

I got some of the round polyethylene foam filler from the hardware store to try to make a lite wheel with the balloon tire look, but it's not easy to glue together and needs a special glue. I thot about trying to melt the ends together, but need to make some kind of flat plat to mount on a soldering gun, so you can melt the ends when you slide the heated plate out.

I wonder why Trexler doens't update thier wheels with better rubber and a lite plastic hub. Trexlers would be the perfect rough field wheel if they had puncture proof rubber. They have the look and functionality. They will bounce of you over inflate them. The trick is to get a larger size wheel and inflate it less. I saw where someone took them off the rim, peeled them open and narrowed the center and glued it back together. He made a new plastic styrene tube hub, which is lighter and works better. I wonder if you peeled them open and put a thin layer of that rubber coating you use for dipping tool handles would work. Just make sure you don't get the inflation tube clogged. You might be able to permanantly seal with rubber cement after you inflate them, but you would have to make sure they won't get leaks first.