Eric,
I have a bottle of Locktite 401 which claims to work with rubber. You
might want to give it a try. I would also add some recessed wood or
sheet metal screws to help just to keep the tread from totally falling
off at the exact wrong time. There will be tire scrubbing that the fork
lift is making a turn.
Locktite 401 comes in industrial quantities. I have a 16 oz bottle.
The inside of the new tire may not be flat enough to make for a good
(thin) joint, so another adhesive may be in order.
Peace,
Pat
Eric@megageek.com wrote:
>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>)
>
>
>Inch
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