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Cleaning rear hub
paulbaker1954:
Good advice Ash, as you say mine is pretty yellowed
When you say paint stripper would Nitromos do the job?
Also a bit wary of using such stuff around tyres etc, any advice
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: paulbaker1954 on June 14, 2016, 12:00:38 PM ---Good advice Ash, as you say mine is pretty yellowed
When you say paint stripper would Nitromos do the job?
Also a bit wary of using such stuff around tyres etc, any advice
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Nitromors is rubbish now. I used the stuff in the 5l tin but both will work fine. Just keep away from the tyre. Doesn't seem to attack zinc plating if you are quick.
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Orcade-Ian:
Don't get me on about Nitromors - it used to be fantastic until the Eurocrats insisted the formula was changed. Now, you might as well pee on it for all the good the over expensive 'new, improved' Nitromors does. As Ash says, you need a stripper with methylene chloride which was the active ingredient. I've said this before but I'd like to bet that more folk have died with heart failure ranting about 'new improved' formulae than ever died from the so called nasty chemicals.
I always dismantle wheels to polish hubs, it's just too tedious otherwise. Measure all offsets and take plenty good pics of spoke pattern and build them back yourself with a simple home made jig. Just remember there are inside and outside facing spokes.
Ian
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: orcadian on June 14, 2016, 03:08:45 PM ---Don't get me on about Nitromors - it used to be fantastic until the Eurocrats insisted the formula was changed. Now, you might as well pee on it for all the good the over expensive 'new, improved' Nitromors does. As Ash says, you need a stripper with methylene chloride which was the active ingredient. I've said this before but I'd like to bet that more folk have died with heart failure ranting about 'new improved' formulae than ever died from the so called nasty chemicals.
I always dismantle wheels to polish hubs, it's just too tedious otherwise. Measure all offsets and take plenty good pics of spoke pattern and build them back yourself with a simple home made jig. Just remember there are inside and outside facing spokes.
Ian
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Good advice Ian...thought Honda wheels had zero offset .. that's what I was told on HondaTwins.net site
Orcade-Ian:
Hi Ash,
Yes, all the Honda wheels I have done (so far) have no real measurable offset but the spokes have enough thread to allow the rim to be upto 5mm off to one side, so I always lay a straightedge across the hub and record the distance to the rim before dismantling. That way, no matter what kind of wheel I'm doing, the result is always correct. Another thing I try to do is match up the valve hole with any 'witness marks' on the hub.
Must talk to you about a supplier for the DCM stripper - always awkward in Orkney
Regards,
Ian
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