Thanks Kelvin. Its always a pleasure to get the straight answers that you
provide. John
Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> John:
>
> To be honest, I havn't the faintest. The wheels are licenced
> Dunlop, so I would assume that they have some clue as to what they are
> doing. Customer satisfaction seems to be good after the changes in plating
> and the tightening up of truing. At this time Dayton and Dunlop are the
> only games in town. The Dayton's are a very nice wheel, The wheels now
> come with a fancy certificate that is signed by the q/c control that checked
> the wheels. Every now and then we do see a batch of warped wheels that come
> back, mostly painted. This could be due to poor packing in shipment from
> India. More often we find that the installer tweaks the wheel on the tire
> machine. We have sent way too many out to get checked, and find that the
> wheels are tensioned correctly but have been tweaked.
>
> Kelvin.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Susan and John Roper [mailto:vscjohn@huntnet.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:33 AM
> > To: Dodd, Kelvin
> > Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: sills and wheels
> >
> >
> > Thanks Kelvin, glad to hear that they have addressed part of
> > the problem. Any
> > improvement on the plating of the rims/hubs? Are they using
> > proper stainless
> > and plating methods, so as to avoid brittle spokes? john
> >
> > Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> >
> > > John:
> > >
> > > What is not common knowledge is that the Dunlop
> > wheels made in India
> > > have been using chrome plated stainless steel spokes for
> > some time now. The
> > > historical corrosion problems were addressed by this move.
> > >
> > > Kelvin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Not only is Dayton big, but its chrome wires with stainless
> > > > spokes are a
> > > > step up for the Dunlops, on which chrome plating is just
> > a temporary
> > > > impediment to corrosion. But them thats common knowledge. John
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
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