Been thinking about better chain tensioner wheels for my Mini bikes.
Did some research, & found out that the bearing sizes of skate board wheels are the same size as a lot of tensioner bearings.
Universal OD on skate board bearings are 22mm, with a 8mm ID, & 7mm width.
They are the same as the ones on my Monster Moto bikes.
Think a lot of them are pretty much that size.
Am figuring you can take the poly urethane skate board wheels, & chuck them up on a lathe, drill press,, even a hand drill,,, & cut out the chain guide notch to the desired width & depth.
A good edge guide cutter, is a fine to medium tooth hack saw blade.
Buying a set of 4 wheels, you can cut each one to different depths, to suite where you like the chain tensions, & not have to worry about cranking the adjuster, & or adding or removing 1/2 links ect.
If you get wide enough wheels, you can cut notches for belts.
Am going to get a set of 50mm ones, & try it out.
Cool thing also, is that you can get different colors.
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Did some research, & found out that the bearing sizes of skate board wheels are the same size as a lot of tensioner bearings.
Universal OD on skate board bearings are 22mm, with a 8mm ID, & 7mm width.
They are the same as the ones on my Monster Moto bikes.
Think a lot of them are pretty much that size.
Am figuring you can take the poly urethane skate board wheels, & chuck them up on a lathe, drill press,, even a hand drill,,, & cut out the chain guide notch to the desired width & depth.
A good edge guide cutter, is a fine to medium tooth hack saw blade.
Buying a set of 4 wheels, you can cut each one to different depths, to suite where you like the chain tensions, & not have to worry about cranking the adjuster, & or adding or removing 1/2 links ect.
If you get wide enough wheels, you can cut notches for belts.
Am going to get a set of 50mm ones, & try it out.
Cool thing also, is that you can get different colors.
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