Wheel pulley in pieces. Pictures! šŸ˜

ESK8 Mechanics
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Went on my daily commute today and didnā€™t experience nothing funny, except for this crazy cold wind.

When arriving back home I hear this noise from the wheel and see that the ring of the wheel pulley facing the urethane is bent. I remove the pulley from the wheel and by almost no force at all the ring snaps loose. :cry:

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Why does this happen or was I just unfortunate? The pulley was from @Titoxd10001 and looked perfectly fine and well made afai could see.

Will probably try to epoxy the ring back in place unless you guys have better ideas.

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This rings are only pressed onā€¦ its super easy to remove them with a little plier for exampleā€¦

Mine comes loose also by tighten them down maybe a way too much on some Abec clones

Riding them since ages withoutā€¦dont need them because the motorpulley got the side flanges

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Was it bent?

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Yup, thatā€™s what made the noise

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Yeah just toss it lol

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Ok. Will paint it gold and call it a bracelet then. Wifeys birthday is coming up soon.

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Same thing happened to one of my 40t 15mm wide pulleyā€™s too from the same seller. I reached out for help and got the same answers as above. I threw it in a box with the other new one plus the stuff I bought from johnny261 to go with it and went back to my torque boards 40t 12mm wide dual for now. Perhaps a redesign is in order if the flange isnā€™t needed and maybe a price drop to reflect one less process.

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Happenned to me when a twig got between the belt and the pulley. I simply smacked the ring back on with a hammer as it is a interference fit, added some super glue so it stays put.

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mine did this while bashing on it! i just welded it back on!

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I was wondering about that too. Any issue since? One of my buddies offered to do that for me as well. I thought it might blow the ring apart.

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so the flange popped off. Press on pulley flanges always pop off eventually.

You can still use the pulley though right?

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Didnā€™t know for sure if the ring was maybe there to stabilize/align the pulley to the wheel. Now as my motor broke, the pulley will rest with or without the ring.

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Titoxd10001 told me he has been using them for a while without as well as a few others. I like the flange and will look into getting it welded back on and making sure the new one is tacked on too. I went back to dual because my belt was skipping and I like the dual brakes better. Dual 15mm is what I will shoot for now on my second deck.

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