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UrbanMadness

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I was wondering if anyone has used a skate board wheel for a tensioner wheel for the chain?

Here is my plan, take a skate board wheel, chuck it up in the lathe cut a groove in it for the chain, then bolt it up.
 
That's a very old idea, relatively speaking. And yes it works great. The trick is to find the right wheel to use. Some of the cheaper ones have a rubber coating over a hard plastic core. When you try to cut a groove in them the rubber will seperate and come off like a retread tire.
The best ones and a little more expensive items are one piece polyurethane wheels. I have a couple that have well over a thousand miles on them and show absolutely no signs of wear.
Also look for wheels with good ball bearings. Most have a 3/8" bore but a few are metric and the bearing bore, inside diameter, is 8 or 10mm.
Good luck. Let us see what you come up with.

http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partne...#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=skate board wheel&gsc.page=1

Tom
 
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Here's my latest skateboard wheel tensioner......works like a champ! Use one that has quality sealed precision bearings.

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Here's my latest skateboard wheel tensioner......works like a champ! Use one that has quality sealed precision bearings.



That is some awesome fab work.... scratg
 
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