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PAK 40 Tire question

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:13 am
by Robert E Morey
Hi All,
Got my PAK the other day. Really neat kit, and kudos to Armortek. Been wanting one of these for a while. I noticed that the rubber tires are quite a bit bigger than the alum wheels however. I can make a shim (.4-.5mm thick by looks of it) to take up the space. I seem to remember this being an issue on other models - but cannot remember the preferred solution.

Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Bob

Re: PAK 40 Tire question

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:23 am
by Robert E Morey
So......this is the solution I came up with for tire fit issue:

Made shim from .014" (.35mm) Alum sheet, drilled holes to give adhesive something to grip onto.
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Fit of shims inside tires is quite tight:
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Used tie wraps to clamp and squeeze the shim while glue dries on wheel.
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Finally after some final trimming, painting, removing excess glue etc, the tire fits nice and snug.
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All for now, onto next thing....
Bob

Re: PAK 40 Tire question

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:34 pm
by Ronald
I used liquid rubber to fill the gap.