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Title: Polishing built wheels
Post by: ED209 on April 21, 2011, 10:16 PM

its a bitch to do so I never do it very well... but I'm always open to being shown the light.

Any tips on how to polish the hub / spokes / rims of a built allow wheel gratefully received  :smitten:

I've got a Peregrine 48 HP to sort out  8)

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: john4130 on April 22, 2011, 12:38 AM

the first thing you should do is remove the spokes, it'll save you half the time rather than trying to do it when built.  >:D

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: Spen69 on April 22, 2011, 01:03 AM

You retard Ed.

Like John said, remove the spokes and read a thread about re-lacing them :knuppel2: :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: Munnyella on April 22, 2011, 08:20 AM

its dead easy Ed, if you take your time, even I can do it!!!

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: ED209 on April 22, 2011, 09:03 AM

Got no interest in taking them apart HENCE THE THREAD  ::)  ;D

Can't be bothered with the down time of pulling spokes out so I was after tips on cleaning BUILT wheels  ^"^

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: Betty on April 22, 2011, 09:10 AM

Ed i've tried it and gave up and took em apart, way easier...  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: oldtired on April 22, 2011, 09:34 AM

spokes can be rubbed with 00 guage steel wool then finnished of with autosol the rims can be done on a buffer wheel along with the outside of the hub ,    its a real pain doing the spokes this way though ,    you will have to do the inside of the hub and between the spokes on the rim by hand or use a Dremmel type tool with a buffer wheel on it , i've done 1 36 spoke wheel this way once , never again ,   :uglystupid2: :uglystupid2:   to much fookin about and it will be twice as hard with a 48 ,   as everyone says easyest thing is strip it,  takes a couple of hours to strip polish and rebuild a wheel , if its a show bike job done, if its a rider just need to get it trued and tightened up at lbs if you cant do it yourself,  you'll get a better finnish stripping all the parts too 

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: ED209 on April 22, 2011, 02:18 PM

thanks for the replys gents... fook it then they can stay as they are  ;D

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: Dark Diggler on April 22, 2011, 02:34 PM

Better like that   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: rollin72 on April 22, 2011, 02:56 PM

use your bollocks Ed >:D you can wrap em around the spokes no probs

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: gary4130 on April 23, 2011, 04:11 PM

ed you could tape the spokes together ,then undo the all the nipples -then when you put wheel back together at least the all the spokes are still built into the hub   :daumenhoch:
done this myself +it saves a bit of time

Title: Re: Polishing built wheels
Post by: Spen69 on April 23, 2011, 05:15 PM

Quote from: gary4130 on April 23, 2011, 04:11 PM

ed you could tape the spokes together ,then undo the all the nipples -then when you put wheel back together at least the all the spokes are still built into the hub   :daumenhoch:
done this myself +it saves a bit of time

Me too Ed, but you still need someone with skill to do the final tension :daumenhoch: