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I didn’t actually know I was doing it correctly, I thought my lantern burned through them too fast and I did something wrong! Thank you for the video, I bought an old 220k at an antique store for $20 and fixed it in the parking lot. It had smaller mantles in it already which worked until they fell apart and I replaced them with new ones that seemed significantly bigger and baggier. Thanks again!
I was worried if screws would fall out once tread wears off. have you experienced it yet? we have powerwheel going fast pavement and treads are gone..thanks
Wow I just picked up the craftsmans powerwheel car at a huge discount & was looking for a way to protect the tires & now saw this method. Thanks for the tip & now I gotta go find bike tires lol.
Another idea: Instead of destroying perfectly good 26 bike tires, can you think about small children's bike, like 12, 13, 14 15, 16 inches? One of these tires may fit the wheels nicely, so you do not need to cut and there will be no seam.
I don't like these screws. The heads are small and the rubber underneath is soft. They may just pierce trough and let the bike tire loose. Then, the plastic material is thin and these screws will not hold very well. Very quickly they will become loose and go lost in the grass. Then the child may step on them with bare feet... The other idea was glue. The plastic wheels are made of HDPE (high density polyethylene) or PP (polypropylene). Both are the most non-polar polymers known and there is no known solvent for them. They repel glue just like paraffin candle repels water. Of course, I may be wrong. There may be some breakthroughs. For example, if you drill many little holes in the plastic tires, then the glue will go through the holes and the strength of the glue will be because of the semiliquid material that goes trough the holes and solidifies there. Not the adhesion to the plastic surface itself.
I know this vid is pretty old but jic anyone sees this and can answer me: I have an old power wheels JEEP. Do you think this mod is more effective for traction than buying new plastic wheels?
I tried this out on a child’s bumper car and it worked great! The original wheels got virtually no traction and only worked in one room of the house (and even then it needed a push to get started). It was so frustrating! I followed your instructions, except I used adhesive instead of screws and it now works perfectly! I’m a 59 year old woman and I was so pleased with myself! Hahaha Thanks so much for sharing this!!!
I love this! That’s what ours was doing and every 3 mins the kids wanted a push. That’s when I started to dig around the garage to see what I had. At the time I was not thinking adhesive but I will say I also didn’t have any adhesive. That’s awesome that you made it happen. I’m proud of you too! I’m going to try the adhesive on the next ine
@@yemi0 It's a rubber glue I bought on Amazon for $10. After two years it's still going strong! I tried to post a link to it twice on here, but, for some reason, I can't. It's Sdintar brand "Instant Adhesive Rubber Special Adhesive" - I hope that helps!
Perhaps, you should have glued it as well. It might stretch & slide off, on the side that wasn't screwed down. Other than that, it looks plenty effective.
Now that's what I'm talkin bout! Great repair/upgrade idea! Not to mention a mom with skills stepping up to save the day! Awesome job and great video :-) Exactly the info I needed :-) Thank you tons for your time and efforts :-D And just so happens I have an old unused K-mart mountain bike that needs new shoes.
