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Originally Posted by freebeard
One or two narrow, polished stainless steel leaf springs, secured on both ends (for reversing) with an inch or more of arch, at the front and back.
Since the radius of the arch is much greater than the roller, the wear from friction on the sidewall shouldn't be any more than the roller which has to spin up from a stop anyway.
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Something I ran into,was all the raised embossed rubber on the sidewalls.Anything that contacts this stuff 'hops'.
Up until so many years ago we had a BANDAG recapping outlet in the area which did tire buffing for local racers.They might have been handy for sidewall smoothing.
We've lost them,and we're left to our own devices.
