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Hangar Flying => For Sale/Wanted => Topic started by: jany77 on December 09, 2011, 01:25:56 AM

Title: ken brock front wheel 4" wanted
Post by: jany77 on December 09, 2011, 01:25:56 AM

im looking for front wheel for varieze or long eze made by ken brock dont need the tire or tube just the wheel please emailo directly to

jany77 at sbcglobal.net

thank you

Title: Re: ken brock front wheel 4" wanted
Post by: flyingwaldo on December 09, 2011, 09:45:20 AM

Don't the Cozy Girrrls refurb these and keep some in stock?  Got mine there.

Aha!  My mistake.  They don't refurb Brock's.  They do the better one, and include spacers fitted to each wheel.  My Brock is a spare only.....

Good call Steve. It's odd because the Brock wheel looks like a much better product but has a bad record of cracking....

Title: Re: ken brock front wheel 4" wanted
Post by: go ez on December 09, 2011, 02:48:21 PM

Brock Ez nosewheels are rubbish and the over machined/lightened centre flange cracks.

Get one of these - a real bargain and good quality.

http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog/product_detail.php/pid=14909~subid=12155/index.html

Regards
Steve

Title: Re: ken brock front wheel 4" wanted
Post by: Super-EZE on December 11, 2011, 09:59:53 AM

The wicks wheel is a good deal. However, you get what you pay for! Purchase the CG wheel, the bearing is much better and designed to limit or eliminate wheel shimmy. It is a good looking wheel as well. I purchased one and I am very happy!!

Title: Re: ken brock front wheel 4" wanted
Post by: go ez on December 12, 2011, 10:13:50 AM

I agree, SuperEze - it appears to be a cleaned up, polished Gerdes wheel, so much prettier (if you like bling!), but main benefit is the machined spacers to put the correct pre-load on the taperbearings. I did this machining myself but I agree the CG option is good value if you dont want to do that task yourself. :)