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Am i F*****d???
Mattdub:
--- Quote from: Brandy Truffle on December 07, 2007, 06:20 PM ---What an arse... gave a mate of mine who owns an Engineering company my set of Arayas from BITD to strip ano and polish,Rims great cond still,Bullseye Hubs virtually mint once i'd cleaned crap off them...
I didnt have time to strip them,but in conversation he said,no worries,he'd get one of the lads who was doing the polishing to do it,asked if i wanted to keep spokes,i said no gonna rebuild...
You can guess whats happened...... Geezer has snipped spokes off at the hubs and now i cant get the sprocket off....which means no re-use
Looked for a bit of advice on wheelbuilding and saw ALANS build page here..
http://www.alansbmx.com/wheelbuild.php
--- Quote ---....If the wheels requires stripping (ie/the spokes taking out) there is a 5.00 change for this. IMPORTANT if you are stripping your own wheel YOU MUST REMOVE THE FREEWHEEL (if freewheel type) FIRST! If you do not do this we cannot get the freewheel off and we are all stuffed.
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Any advice guys? :-\
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Just make sure your mate tells young fella me lad polishing monkey that you still want the raised centre section on the rim if it's a 7X ! . After this you never know ::)
Frosty:
Alex,
That is exactly the problem with the bullseyes, they are 3 piece :tickedoff:
I have already damaged the pristine blue on the rear hub, but on way or another I intend to win this battle :knuppel2:
SaMAlex:
--- Quote from: Frosty on December 07, 2007, 08:45 PM ---That is exactly the problem with the bullseyes, they are 3 piece :tickedoff:
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Wow, check me out! Ive never even really seen a set of bullseye hubs. All these OS guys tellin you how to do it and it would have ripped your hubs apart! :LolLolLolLol:
So, to tell you more about the pintool idea. Take a lump or thick sheet of ally. Like 10mm thick but nice and long like a big spanner, and wider than the hub flange (kinda like a very big chopping knife). Draw a circle out on one end that is the same dia as the spoke holes. Cut the inside of the hole out, and make the end of the "spanner" into a "C" shape, like a tool for euro BBs. The part you cut out needs to be big enough to get the center of the hub shell inside it. Drill holes in the C shape that are the same size and pattern as the holes in the flange (you will only have half of a full flange left cos its only a C). Insert steel dowl pins to the ally, maybe even locktight them in. Now you have a tool that MIGHT get enough grip on the inside of the drive flange to turn it away from the freewheel (that will be held in a vice).
I hope that makes sence. If the tool doesnt work you can always use it to go hit the bloke who cut the wheel up!!! :knuppel2:
Gary72:
how about trying one of them constrictor tools the rubber grippy belt type thing on the hub and a free wheel tool, I always put the wheel nut back on against the freewheel tool to stop it slipping.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOA-CONSTRICTOR-TWIN-PACK_W0QQitemZ230198910015QQihZ013QQcategoryZ66916QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Think they sell them in B&Q, just go in with your hub and freewheel tool and try it, dont have to buy it >:D
lazychubs:
air chisel
thats what got mine off and they was the ones from
the bottom of the sea hubs
funmonster had
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