So what do you all do with yours? I'm wondering if maybe the best thing isn't
just to buy a cheap hard rubber hammer.
Terry,
Last month I put those questions to the folks who make my wheels, Dayton. I
asked them: What's the best way to keep them pristine? What's the right
hammer to use? How much is "enough" when knocking them on?
In a series of emails, Mike of Dayton advised the following: "The caps
should bottom-out on the hub when they are tight. Use a lead hammer. The lead
is
much softer than steel & it dents instead of the cap."
I asked Mike what he meant by "bottom-out". He replied: "Bottom-out means
that the cap stops against the nose of the hub before being completely
threaded."
Regarding the definitive whacker/hammer to use, Mike simply sez: "Lead is
best." Even after I asked about cowhide and copper.
I asked Mike if that meant one should continue hitting the knock-off until it
refuses to move any further? He repied: "Continue hitting the knock-off
until it refuses to move any further."
There you go.
Bill Stagg
1961 TR3A
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