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| My employees put Needham tires on the gauge wheels on my 1890 drill. When installing the gauge wheels and trying to to shim them correctly they noticed it took way more shims than it had from the factory. From the factory it had two or three shims. Now we’re putting 6 shims on and still have it rubbing pretty hard for 1/3 of a revolution.
On a lot of them we see close to 1/4” of wobble.
I guess my questions are:
1. Is it that big of a deal? I’m worried it’ll plug with too big of a gap and wear the lip of the gauge wheel with too small of a gap. But maybe I should just shim it out more until it doesn’t rub even when it’s at the closest point and call it good?
2. If it is a big deal, how do I correct it? We have tried:
- putting a bolt head in a vice with the bolt threads aiming up
- install gauge wheel assembly on the bolt with a nut to hold it tight (after loosening the bolts that hold the gauge wheel halves together)
- find the high side and hammer it down
We aren’t using a heavy hammer because we don’t want to damage the tire/wheel but it seems to be making 0 difference.
What do I need to do to get these things to stop wobbling (or do I need to even get them to stop?)
Thanks
Edited by dpilot83 9/4/2025 07:46
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Wobble in 1890 gauge wheels after replacing tires and bearings
