Last year I picked up a bargain pair of wheels, freshly powdercoated and never fitted since. Unfortunatley when they were powdercoated they didn't mask anything off...
Any idea what I can use to strip powdercoat off the back wheel where it seats on the hub? Wire brush etc no good as I need to clean out the locating pin holes. Does nitromors or anything similar work?
Cheers,
James.
Removing powdercoat
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Re: Removing powdercoat
By pin holes do you mean bolt holes or locating dowels, etc? Sandpaper or even a fine flapdisc on a grinder will clear powdercoat off no prob, use a tap for threads. 
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Re: Removing powdercoat
Ive had a few like this, for the pin holes, i use a drill & 10mm bit but i cannot 100% remeber.
For the 2 seats that the hub sits on, i use a coarse drill bit, similar to a dremel cylinder shaped grinding bit.
Works a treat, nice & easy & only takes about 10 mins.
Its a right bastard when they dont bother doing it right in the 1st place.
For the 2 seats that the hub sits on, i use a coarse drill bit, similar to a dremel cylinder shaped grinding bit.
Works a treat, nice & easy & only takes about 10 mins.
Its a right bastard when they dont bother doing it right in the 1st place.
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Re: Removing powdercoat
Drill bit - hmm, hadn't thought of that. That could work, I'll measure up and see if I can ream them out that way. I had tried scraping the 10mm-ish holes out with a scalpel blade but gave up . I know if I mount it as it is I'll have to spend two hour booting the wheel to get it off again...
Flap disk sounds like a plan for the main mating surface, I got some off it off with a wire brush in a drill but it was taking ages.
Suprised whoever did them didn't mask them up but at £95 for a pair of shiny wheels I can't grumble too much..
cheers all,
james.
Flap disk sounds like a plan for the main mating surface, I got some off it off with a wire brush in a drill but it was taking ages.
Suprised whoever did them didn't mask them up but at £95 for a pair of shiny wheels I can't grumble too much..
cheers all,
james.