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Title: Chrome alloy hubbed skyways???
Post by: oldschoolace on July 31, 2013, 02:09 PM

Was in the man shed last night having a sort out and dug up an old set of yellow skyways i had almost forget about. They need a really good resto and i noticed the hubs were flaking  ???
They are riveted and the chrome/nickel etc whatever the plating is has confused me, i thought they were all alloy so what is there to flake off?  :-\

Pics tonight if i can get the camera charged  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Chrome alloy hubbed skyways???
Post by: MartyC on July 31, 2013, 02:58 PM

Mk 1 Tuff IIs were steel hubbed  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Chrome alloy hubbed skyways???
Post by: oldschoolace on July 31, 2013, 03:13 PM

Was the steel plated with anything do you know?

Title: Re: Chrome alloy hubbed skyways???
Post by: MartyC on July 31, 2013, 03:18 PM

they were chrome so probably copper and nickle underneath that

Title: Re: Chrome alloy hubbed skyways???
Post by: oldschoolace on July 31, 2013, 03:24 PM

Ah cheers captain, trip to the shot blasters with them then methinks  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Chrome alloy hubbed skyways???
Post by: MartyC on August 01, 2013, 02:08 PM

Mine came up great with just wirewool and autosol and mine were pretty rusty, how bad are yours? Any pics?