Rubber tyres for Walker Bulldog

[Alstone]

I posted this on another forum in reply to a query, so I thought I may as well post it on here, It's a nice solution to rubber road wheels for the Bulldog.

I bought a length of black shrink tube 40mm diameter, the bulldog road wheels are 42mm diameter so cut off a piece of tube 12mm wide stretch over the road wheel and shrink with a heat source, the tube will shrink down the sides of the wheel forming a well fitted tyre which is hard to remove with out cutting it off also the road wheel only increases diameter by 1mm.

Al

[Saxondog]

I have been trying to do this the hard way,thank-you for the easy way.Sax

[971wright]

Hi there is shrink wrap with glue on the inside if you can get hold of it ,or you could use a glue gun to put glue around the wheel then put shrink wrap over when you heat it up the glue will stick the shrink wrap to the wheels.


  regards pete

[panzer34]

Any idea/link's were to get it from?

[971wright]

Hi we used to use it at work but dont know where they got it from.


    regards pete

[Alstone]

The only place I know that sells it is RS Components, but I think you need an account with them also it's expensive.


http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=3440675


Al

[panzer34]

I think I will give it a miss at those prices

[Alstone]

Why not get some of this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/38-1mm-BLACK-HEATSHRINK-TUBING-HEAT-SHRINK-per-half-mtr_W0QQitemZ390043724271QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Terminals_Cabling_ET?hash=item5ad06ae9ef&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

38.1mm Black heat shrink tube, this will easily stretch over a Bulldogs wheels, also at £2.63 including postage for half a meter as got to be good.

The adhesive lined heat shrink is nor really necessary for the Bulldog wheels as normal tube will not move after fitting.

I use a micro gas torch to shrink the tube, but a guy on another forum where I also posted this tip, has used hot water to shrink the tube with good results


Al

[panzer34]

Or if your Mrs is into crafting borrow her embossing heat gun