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Marty, you know I'm not posting much on Aristo any more.
But saw your thread and you were getting some "weak" advice. There are specifications for guardrail flange width and many more things. On your #6 Aristo's the first versions (the guard rails are straight and have a slice at each end) had way too wide flangeway widths. The latest versions (with guardrails that have bent ends) are better, but inconsistent, some are almost perfect, some are too wide.
I would recommend that the flangeway width be 0.106 max, minimum .097... there is a spec that shows 0.112" max, but I would not recommend it (there is some "backwards compatibility" in the standards so as not to totally p**s off the manufactures who have been doing it "wrong" for a long time.
I have a page on my site where I list the measurements, the current, the proposed, and the Aristo gauge... The idea was not only to try to make sense of these, but to compare them to the Aristo gauge to see where it could be a convenient tool.
The page is here: CLICK HERE .... scroll down the page to where it mentions the standards and Aristo gauge in bold.
Also, Aristo wheels are ALWAYS gauged way too tight, and the only thing that really matters is the back to back. Even Aristo "engineers" at Sanda Kan do not understand this. I won't publish the facts here, but it's astounding how they do not understand how things work. They is Sanda Kan, one of the largest manufacturers.
Hope this helps,
Greg
But saw your thread and you were getting some "weak" advice. There are specifications for guardrail flange width and many more things. On your #6 Aristo's the first versions (the guard rails are straight and have a slice at each end) had way too wide flangeway widths. The latest versions (with guardrails that have bent ends) are better, but inconsistent, some are almost perfect, some are too wide.
I would recommend that the flangeway width be 0.106 max, minimum .097... there is a spec that shows 0.112" max, but I would not recommend it (there is some "backwards compatibility" in the standards so as not to totally p**s off the manufactures who have been doing it "wrong" for a long time.
I have a page on my site where I list the measurements, the current, the proposed, and the Aristo gauge... The idea was not only to try to make sense of these, but to compare them to the Aristo gauge to see where it could be a convenient tool.
The page is here: CLICK HERE .... scroll down the page to where it mentions the standards and Aristo gauge in bold.
Also, Aristo wheels are ALWAYS gauged way too tight, and the only thing that really matters is the back to back. Even Aristo "engineers" at Sanda Kan do not understand this. I won't publish the facts here, but it's astounding how they do not understand how things work. They is Sanda Kan, one of the largest manufacturers.
Hope this helps,
Greg