F-Rib Wheels

[Paul]

I have seen some on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Launching-Whe ... SwjVVVxg-d

Tom
I have those as at the time there wasn't any available from Russia
They've been very good in operation but the bearings are a little rusty despite me washing them out after every outing and giving them a good spray of WD40.
That said I've launched the boat every month for 12 months in salty water and despite the rusty appearance they've not failed If they do I'll get some nylon insert replacements
BTW I did replace the pivot bolt with a stainless '8mm drop pin' to ease use/removal when folding the boat up

8mm drop pin

and at http://foldablerib.com/product/launch-wheels/ which look like it'd be easy to take the pivot bolt out when packing it away. Does anyone know if these wheels are the same? I'd like to buy the sturdiest.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

You'll have to check with Steve at F-Rib if they are the Russian ones, if they are then they are very sturdy and you can replace the bolt with the drop pin I've mentioned above.

James has these

Non pivot transom wheels

Which hasn't a pivot bolt however they can 'spread' the bracket if you turn the boat on 'its heal' without forward motion when fully loaded.....however his is a 360 and the 275 being lighter may not suffer from this problem

Hope this helps you

[James]

Paul, Pete will have a decent engine soon we can look at his wheels.

I am sure they are the same as those in the first link. I used them like 3 times and washed them after use. Bearings fell apart.

[Paul]

Paul, Pete will have a decent engine soon we can look at his wheels.

I am sure they are the same as those in the first link. I used them like 3 times and washed them after use. Bearings fell apart.

I haven't an answer James as mine are still ok
Maybe I've different bearings or you had a bad batch
Replace them with the nylon inserts and they should be good to go