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Subject: [Tigers] LAT-70 Wheel - Maintenance
From: "Wayne-MSN" <w_pierzga@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:43:00 -0500
Regarding maintenance of the LAT-70 wheels. When Larry Paulick and I were
restoring our 'beams, Larry fabricated a novel assembly to polish Lat-70
wheels. It consisted of a home-made Lazy Susan turntable to which the wheel
was mounted. An arm extending from the base of the turntable held an old
washing machine motor with a small pulley. A belt was fitted over the
wheel/pulley turning the wheel. A polishing wheel was then fitted to a hand
drill and everything put in motion. 

                                Wheel
pulley
                        \                /
                         |_____|____|________belt_______________===

                         |       |      |
__|__   
                        /        |       \                                 |
|
                    ==================                             |    |
motor
                    ==================---------------------/ ______
                                 ^                      ^                ^
                          Lazy Susan           arm           hinge

The polished wheels looked great!

I have never had trouble with excessive aluminum porosity leading to air
loss (have had the wheels since 1974). However, if this is a problem, one
might consider coating the tire-facing side of the rim with Glyptal.

Cheers,
Wayne
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