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Anyone have 2 of the 3d servisas kegel core part of the pulley they are willing to sell? Not the whole pulley, just the kegel core part. I want to run a set of these on a geqr drive I have from them.
Did you mean it ?
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Yasss!
How long would it take to get a pair? And what does just that cost?
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@deucesdown I checked a lot of the wheels and for what I was mentioning there doesn’t seem to be any issue. All the kegel cores are in the correct position. Your issue might just be the press-fit pulley thing.
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@torqueboards i have seen the same happened with Popoca. Since the Kegel core is not symmetrical, the last batch of wheels go the core randomly installed in the other direction having the normal front side with bigger holes, about 5.8mm, at the rear side. Normally Kegel pulleys have 5.4mm spoke diameter that snug fit in the wheels. Would you correct that in future batch or you can not control on which side of the Kegel core is used at the rear side? Maybe something changed at the production level and they didn’t notice that, but it’s definitely present.
I think that the problem can easy be solved by heat shrink the 5.4mm spokes to reach the slightly bigger diameter of the other side.
Thanks!
EDIT: I am not talking about wheels/core integrity. That won’t be affect at all, just pulley wise.
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@rey8801 Yeah, that’s exactly what I was talking about. Yeah, most definitely will change it. Thanks for that tip. 
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Maybe someone at the factory changed, like a new employer and he/she didn’t know…result thousands of reverse kegel 
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well that explains our conversation the other day 
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yeh I can imagine that such a small detail is quite a pain in ass for you that orders so many wheels. If would it be in the other way round, people could just drill slightly bigger holes to fit the bigger spoke. In this case I think the best temporary solution is bolted pulley or heat shrink. Since the other side is smaller the heat shrink won’t slide off form the front side.
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No matter how tight I make it theres still a lot of play in the pulley, And theres nothing I can do about it because the holes are too big on the inside, But on the one that has the core flipped it works perfect.
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you can see what I wrote. I designed a lot of pulleys and that what happend.
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I checked 2 sets of TB110 and 2 sets of popocas, all mine are aligned the same way. The front holes are narrower than the rear holes. There’s a step where they meet, shown in photos above, that’s even narrower. Sounds like fatboy is dimensioned for the narrow side and everyone else for the wide side. Maybe the general solution for a good fit is to make the pulley spokes for the wide side, and drill out the holes in the core… Although I don’t know if drill bits come in fine enough steps. But as long as it’s not clicking back and forth it’s tight enough, right?
I actually don’t have any spoked kegel pulleys onhand. I’m working with @rey8801 on his adapters. @torqueboards I’m gonna keep dicking around a bit more and try to figure things out. I’ll contact via email if it’s not working out.
I do have the TB DD on order, and am concerned about the fit there.
Thanks for checking it out. So either TB spokes are thicker, or they’re long enough to engage the narrowest part.
I do think heatshrink could work, and the narrow ring (weld line? flashing?) will hold it in place.
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if @torqueboards confirms that all the wheels will be made like it is now we can make the spokes for the thicker holes and in case drill when they are flipped. Some standards have to be decide otherwise is a mess 
I see. Well then it’s weird that most of the kegel pulley I saw they use the narrow holes as reference and not because they are long enough to contact the other side. For instance BKB pulleys showed by @yelnats8j are like that. I do not think they were not tested deeply before make it. Something changed, before the narrow holes where at the back.
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I gotta say the wheels are big and fluffy and gorgeous. We’re lucky to have so many great options.
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yeh I would like to use them as well. When a GB to for EU? US folks always forget about us
You should think about a smaller warehouse in EU. You can order on US website but shipped from EU, usually companies choose Germany for external warehouse. If you choose Belgium I would be even happier 
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So… actually I just tested again about 20 wheels and it does look like this batch might have the cores flipped. So large end is on the inside wheel side.
Future batches will most definetly be narrow side on the inside. I’ve even designed my pulleys in this way.
So unfortunately… the fix would be using heatshrink to seal that added gap if you are using a press-fit pulley.
I’ll let the manufacturer know that way they don’t f’ shit up for anyone else. lol The standard should be narrow inside.
I’ll fill anyone in if things happen to change but so far that’s the assumption.
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