Rich, The wheels are already on the axles - and have done many miles, such that the tread is "hollow". Please see my reply to Charles regarding alignment, Regards, Barrie > As far as the 1thou per in interference is concerned, is this the norm > that is allowed for shrinking cast iron onto steel (as if you go for any > more you cause the cast iron to crack as it is in tension)? But going the > other way round, shrinking steel onto cast iron, I suspect that you can > subject the cast iron to larger loads before it goes BANG, but if you are > shrinking onto a spoked iron casting, you ought to be careful you don't > cause the centre boss to collapse. In this case, maybe the centres should > be machined and fitted to the axles before shrinking on the tyres. > > An alternative viewpoint is to work out how much expansion of the steel > you can get by heating it, which will ulitmately give you the inteference > fit. > > One other thought - best to make sure you have a shoulder somewhere on the > arrangment, to make sure that the tyre is dead square on the wheel when > the whole thing goes tight. If it goes tight on the 'huh' I suspect it > might work itself loose in service, no matter how tight an inteference fit > you think you've got. > > Yours, > > > Rich. > > > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Be sure your assembly arrangement allows time to get the tyres/tires on >> and lined up before the temperature difference is gone. It might be well >> to leave the exteriors of the tires enough oversize to allow truing cuts >> once everything has been assembled. Some might even suggest that the >> final truing take place between centers with the tires on the wheels and >> the wheels on the axles. And, you might want to match each tire to a >> specific wheel center as you turn the sets. Am I reading correctly that >> you will have wheel centers of a nominal 8" diameter and an interfereance >> fit of 0.008 inches? Charles >> -------------- Original message -------------- >> >>> I have just acquired, at great expense, a piece of steel tube 8" I.D. >>> and >>> 3/4ins. wall thickness. I am about to start machining it to produce six >>> steel >>> tyres which I intend to shrink onto three pairs of existing, cast iron >>> wheel >>> sets (after machining off the current treads). The plan is to make the >>> tyres >>> with one thou per inch of interference, expand them with heat then >>> shrink them >>> onto the wheels. >>> Before I pluck up courage to do this job does anyone have any advice to >>> offer? >>> >>> Barrie >> >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >> line. >> > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 16/11/2005 > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.