Talk:Wheel types

Wheels

I am rather new to the wikia and want to know why you decided to change the wheel listing from an organized and easy to find reference to year of introduction. I use the wikia as a reference and when I need to find a specific wheels, let's say a real rider, i now have to search the entire listing unless I know the year it was introduced. May a second list by wheel type would be a good idea for those that aren't up to speed on years things were introduced.

you can now sort on the wheel type column.

Wheel Types Order

I thought that the wheels were listed in order of their appearance, so maybe RL4 shouldn't have been moved toward the top. Just my thoughts. HaarFager 02:04, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Motor Cycle Wheels

Kenny We need MC3 and MC5 and I tried to take a few picture, can't seem to master it like you would. Thanks Fantazim 07:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill, those will probably be kind of hard to take. I've still been trying to figure out a way to get a picture of the big rollers found on the CAT Road Roller, other than taking one apart. What I'll probably end up doing, is buying an old one off eBay just so I can take it apart and photograph the rollers. Other than that, I guess just do the best you can do to display what the wheel actually looks like. Oh, do the rollers on the CAT Road Roller have a special name? I haven't been able to find one. If not, we'll have to come up with one. HaarFager 12:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill, I went ahead and created those two pages and left a blank image there so it could be replaced easily with a real image. HaarFager 12:42, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Kenny check this site out pretty thorough on wheel types,

http://www.hot-wheelsite.de/pages/hotwheels/hw-wheeltypes.htm I leant my one book to my neighbor a week ago I was thinking Micro Industrial. I have a an Unpunched Workhorses Cat Bulldozer with the blister spit open with the tracks off and one missing, it's a shame when I got it off ebay 2 years ago I had no idea there was a problem with the tracks. But I can get a pretty good pic. Fantazim 12:53, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill, that's a pretty good link you sent me, but even they don't list the big rollers like those found on the CAT Road Roller, or the tiny rollers like those found on your CAT Bulldozer. So, I guess we'll have to come up with our own names. Something like Construction Rollers (Type 1) and (Type 2), CR1 and CR2. What do you think? If you can get a picture of those CR2's found on your CAT Bulldozer, go for it! HaarFager 13:24, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Kenny - I agree that sounds great. I Like the CR1 and CR2 Fantazim 13:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

CR2

Here Ya go Kenny

Fantazim 14:05, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Wheel Color

I notice that the FTE and OH5 Wheels have had the image reversed. But in the description for the FTE it says, "always a bronze color." The image that was moved there now looks silver to me. Are these two correct or have they been changed needlessly? HaarFager 16:34, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Those two are switched around mistakenly. Fixed it.

I suggest taking out all the color variations on the wheels as they are not different wheel types. Those should go under the wheel's specific page if needed. EX: list the B5SPK under the 5 spoke page. It clutters the page and just about every wheel has been done in numerous colors. Examples to take out would be:

BBW, NUH, WBW, YCT, OCT, GPC5, LIW, etc. Maelstrom610 02:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Good point! I'll move them over to their separate page if it's created, or create one if it's not, and as I move them over one by one, I'll take them off the main page. That will be better! Thanks for the idea! HaarFager 03:35, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, I moved all the excess wheel color variations to their own pages and removed them from the wheel types page. There were a few I didn't remove because they looked different than their predecessors - not just a different color. Wheel types such as ORCT, WW, Micro5SP and OR5SP. It looks more streamlined now. HaarFager 06:38, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Construction Tires, Type 2

Are Construction Tires, type 2 the same as Off Road Construction Tires? If so, the wheel page needs to be corrected so that one of them is removed. I found ORCT's listed on South Texas Diecast, but not CT2's. HaarFager 11:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Is there a standard for wheel type names?

Where are we taking the wheel types from -- is there a cannon guide from Mattel somewhere? For example, what is identified here as LW (wire wheel or lace wheel), Southtexasdiecast.com calls a WSP (wire spoke wheel) and Michael Zarnock's Variations: The Ultimate Guide 3rd edition calls bbs (page 387 has a photo of a gbbs, which is a gold bbs). Or should we be creating pages for each naming? Xdroop 04:18, 6 September 2008 (UTC)