Dear Ted,
Thanks for your concern regarding our current wheel design. I am sorry
to
hear that the wheel did give you a problem, but I was glad to hear that
you
enjoy our boat.
We have attacked the wheel problem in 2 directions. You will see the
picture attachments that begin with 1- are for all future boats that we
will
be sending out. The arm that we have attached to the hub stops it from
rotating and the bronze bushing stops the shaft from seizing on the hub.
All of the pictures that begin with a 2- are for a repair kit that we
are
developing that will repair boats that have been damaged by the rotating
hubs.
The wheeel will also be an 1/8" thinner.
I would be glad to send you out both sets when I have received my final
production parts. This will hopefully be within 2 weeks.
Thanks again.
Tim Hollobon
Operations Manager
Walker Bay Boats, Inc.
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1-Closeup of drilled holes.jpg
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