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84freestyler:

--- Quote from: dirtskirt on April 05, 2014, 05:10 PM ---Im interested to know how this could be done
Look at mine -



The wheel itself is fine, just the hub flanges need changing.
Thinking caps on ???

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Have you bleached them yourself dirtskirt?  they look super white. 

MartyC:

--- Quote from: waza007 on April 07, 2014, 12:50 AM ---rivets are not tapered!!
the reason skyway says which direction to punch them out is that the rivet shaft does get slightly distorted on the end that is riveted
If you were to punch that end all the way through the plastic hole it would haveten stretch or crack the plastic tuff

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So they are wider at one end than the other; what's a word that describes that  ::)

jimwise68:
Marty, was going to put a pic of a TAPIR in but couldnt be arsed! lol

dirtskirt:
Have you bleached them yourself dirtskirt?  they look super white.
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Yeah , i gave it a soaking in diluted bleach, the flanges were already a bit pitted due to age and oxidization, but it didn't help when i used grease to try and protect them from the bleach because it seeped through and made them worse. so ive tried to give them a polish up but they are so difficult & awkward. i gave it a second bleaching this time with thick layer of Vaseline which done the trick, Also the freewheel was toatally seized on so i had get the angle grinder to cut it off, being super careful not to touch the ally.
A lot of work for a battered old flange  ;D

Can you still get replacement flanges anywhere?

84freestyler:
Yeah I,m after a set of rear hubs/flanges.. Got a front set coming but think there's a few scuffs on them from replacement bolts.. Got in touch with wazu007 and he,s kindly agreed to send me some rivets! "Thanks Wazu"

I wonder if there's any way to forge the flange too? Wouldn't that be Great??

What bleech did you use dirtskirt? I read the thinner the bleech the better? And for how long, and any pre bleech cleaning or scuffing before hand?

Thanks

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