I am seeing that the set of wheels that were in the box . back to are smooth as glass and front two are as wobbly as the the old town drunk. ( I assume only one matters as the other is slightly lifted. Other than take a hammer to it is there a fi xfor the wobbly wheel. Should I order a set of that are trued and rounded? ( these are GP wheels so they look like motor cycle wheels in shape.
Awana wobbly wheels
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Very typical of Awana wheels. Sometimes they are so bad that you can't even get it to spin on the supplied axles. There is typically a ridge at the outermost edge of the hub. If you put a pin gauge that just fits in from the inner side of the hub you will find that almost nearly all wheels it will not go the whole way through with the same effort. It will hit the imperfection on the outer side and stop. and you must give it more 'effort' to poke out the other side. Our rules state you must use the parts in the kit, so we don't buy wheels. If you're rules keep you in the clear and allow you to buy parts. you will save a lot of headache by just buying what you need. It can be fixed, it just takes time and patience. The shortcut to make it better but not great is to put a pin guage (or similar polished rod) in the hole and roll the wheel with some downward pressure on a flat surface thereby pressing the bits of plastic back flat into the hole. The plastic on an awana wheel is very soft and allows some "mashing" if you will. Not ideal but works to free up wheels that won't spin on axles or tame some wobble.
And if some extreme cases the axle hole can be so misaligned (off axis) with the outer edge of the wheel that its just better to get a new wheel.
And if some extreme cases the axle hole can be so misaligned (off axis) with the outer edge of the wheel that its just better to get a new wheel.
chromegsx said:
Thanks for the suggestion... the wheel it self spins smoothly, but if I watch the top of the wheel it zig-zags back and forth... not terrible but noticeable.
If the bore is smooth and not as I described with imperfections at one end...then I usually find another wheel...because the bore axis is no longer in line with the tread axis. In a pinch if it was needed for a rear wheel... I would stick it on a drill press and sand the inside edge till the wobble is gone on that edge. Hard to explain in text. If needed for the front it goes on as the lifted wheel.
I have a bunch of Awana wheels and add to it every year. There is no mold consistency so you just have to test and sort. I'm an Awana ministry director so I used to order large numbers of them but they won't do that any more. If you don't need them in a big hurry let me know.
I got to admit (I was trying to pay it forward like many of the folks on here) The wobble is not terrible , but bad enough that I noticed it. I Sent his car back to him n Texas yesterday. I really appreciate the help thoughxjarcher said:
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