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Pedrini wheel cleanup Questions, Strange Holes? |
bandjoey |
Sep 25 2014, 10:40 AM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,926 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Have my whees back from the machine shop. They cut the centers to fit hub centric hubs. Here a few questions about the clean up before refinishing them.
All around the inside if the wheel are pairs of holes spaced about 4" apart. I'll probably fill them with JB Weld. Do you think they're from manufacture or prior repairs? And. After an hour is scrubbing with several wheel cleaners and scratch pads (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) the inside is still covered in years of soaked in grime. Short of sandblasting would it be ok to hit them with a brass soft wire wheel or the likes? What else works to get the grime off? And OK to file down and fill in the gouges with JB? Attached thumbnail(s) Attached image(s) |
jcd914 |
Sep 25 2014, 10:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
The marks are from a tire changer. Some of the "Touchless" tire changers use an internal rim clamp that expands inside the barrel of the wheel.
So the tire is removed without touching the face or out lip of the wheel but the clamp bites into the inside of the wheel. Most of the rim clamp tire changer will also clamp the wheel by grabbing the inner lip between the wheel and tire but it requires the tech to apply a bit more force to hold the wheel down in place while clamping it. Might be too much work for some of them. Jim |
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