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Festerfly:
I have a new shiney set of wheels on which the axles measure just over 12mm in Dia....

the problem i have is that both my frame and forks have 10mm cutouts.. is it just the simple thing of filing back the cutouts until the axles fit or is there more to it?

also.. does anyone know how to get rusty brown pitting marks out of a chrome frame without having to strip it all and rechrome?

Thanks

motomagII:
dont touch the frame flat 2 opposite sides of the axles until they fit .thats the way i did mine

silentpartner:
greg's right just file the sides down equally.

fine guage wire wool should move most rust spots, then polish with a decent polish, autosol, peek, auto gleam

alan  ;)

duncan:
I used the method described by Alan for a set of bars, worked a treat.

For deeper rust on a Cr-Mo stem I have, I got Hammerite Gel rust remover.
Put it on a millimetre or so thick and leave until you can see the rust blacken underneath, then wire brush the rust off.
Repeat if necessary and the rust is gone, just clean bare metal left that you can protect with polish/wax/lacquer etc.

theRuler:

--- Quote from: motomagII on August 07, 2006, 07:34 PM ---dont touch the frame flat 2 opposite sides of the axles until they fit .thats the way i did mine

--- End quote ---

buy a new file
axles is hard.

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