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Sticking rubber to rubber

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Subject: Sticking rubber to rubber
From: Eric@megageek.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:01:31 -0400
Ok, here is the question...

What is the best way to adhere rubber (tire) to rubber (tire).

Here is what I'm trying to do.  My forklifts tires are chewed up as that
previous owner didn't realize that they weren't meant for off road use.

The ride on them is bumpy.  So I wanted to take the wheels off and mill the
rubber down to a flat surface.

If I do that, I'll lose clearance on the lift (there is VERY little to
begin with.)  So I was thinking that I could take an old tire, and cut a
strip of the thread off.  Then I can glue it to the outside of the newly
milled flat surface on the tire.  So I need to be able to glue it in place.

As for buying a new tire...
-Forklift tires are very specific to brand, year, model.  The places I
found were not able to give me an exact model number, so the fit is
"unknown."  and I don't want to be sending 20lbs of wheels back and forth
in the mail.
-what fun is buying new tires?  8>)


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