Tony:
I think the core will be too small both to fit the standard leather wrapper
and for comfort afterwards. The rubber stuff is quite a bit thicker than
the leather. IMO, if you lace the cover tightly (it needs to be pretty
tight anyway) over the rubber, it would probably hold the rubber to the
core OK. The process is reversible (you can unlace the cover), so if it
doesn't work to your satisfaction, you can take it back apart.
I've used one of Moss's leather covers on my TR3A for many years (at least
15) to cover the badly cracked original (hard) rubber and been quite happy
with it. My only complaint is that the leather has become slick from being
soaked in oil (etc) and I haven't (yet) found a way to clean it. If worst
comes to worst, I might actually have to buy another cover <g>
Randall
On Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:19 PM, Tony Rhodes
[SMTP:ARhodes@compuserve.com] wrote:
>
> Message text written by Trevor Jordan
> >Would a leather cover solve the original problem of the rubber moulding
> >slipping on the metal frame of the wheel? I suspect that the wheel
needs
> >to be rebuilt from the frame up!<
>
> Right, I thought I would remove the rubber stuff and then go with the
leather
> wrap on the core. Maybe the core is too small! That would be a major
pain.
>
> I had thought to try injecting thin super glue with a syringe into the
> space between the metal core and the rubber. But apparently similar
attempts
> have failed in the past.
>
> -Tony
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