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Fitting Tuff 2 wheels - help, please

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thecrooch:
you are better off searching the classifieds on here....

you should be able to get a refund whatever..... youll have to go the through the dispute bit and it may take some time....  but dont give in...

tyres are easy enough to find especially on here....  dont be afraid on going for the chin shu copies or whatever as they are all just as good....

oberonspacefruit:
whitewalls are easy to come by. Haro multisurface are good, but you can get normal whitewalls for about 20 quid.

to fix the hub, you need to either:

buy a new hub, which involves finding a hub kit, drilling the rivets, and refitting the hub with bolts.

Or:

dismantle the hub.

take off the locknuts, cones, romove the spindle, catch all the bearings, pry off the bearing cover with a small flat screwdriver or stanley blade. remove the bearing cups by tapping from the other side with a small bar, or carefully with a with a wide blade screwdriver or punch preferably.
do both sides.
 Best thing to use to straighten the hub is a slide hammer, but if you dont have one, get a piece of threaded bar, 6 suitable washers, and 2 bolts.

put 3 washers on the inner face of the hub, 3 on the outside, thread the bar through, with a nut already on the bar, attatch the other nut from the outside, so that you clamp the hub in the washers.

its just a case of tapping it carefully fro the other side, until the hub is pressed out.

Even if you do this method, dont expect to ever be doing 14 foot airs on that wheel.

it will be fine for riding to the pub, the odd endo etc.

GavinKent:
Yeah, I think I will try on here in future as at least here I gather it's people who are all 80s BMX fans and are pretty nice.  If I don't get the refund, my next project is trying to carry out repairs to the wheels!!  

oberonspacefruit:
yep.

GavinKent:
Are the whitewalls original 80s or modern?  I'm trying to ensure everything is 80s on the bike, but wonder if I should worry with some bits.  I've seen some tyres on ebay but they all go for around 50 quid.  My Aero Reflex is going to have cost me about 500 quid by the time I'm finished!!  :)

Will print out how to repair in case I don't get a refund. 

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