Paul Gilbert wrote:
>
> Subject: wire wheels
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:06:02 -0500
> From: Paul Gilbert <pgilbert(at)worldnet.att.net>
> To: Alexis Davis <adavis3987(at)aol.com>
>
> To all of you that responded to my inquirey about wire wheels I send my
> thanks - even Nicholsj. I will from time to time ask some really stupid
> questions and apologise in advance.
>
> English lesson in Southern-speak; sobonics:
>
> yuall is a singular pronoun.
> all-yuall is the plural.
>
> I work with corrosion in aqueous environments and understand hydrogen
> embritlement. Rechroming is a subject I will forget. However, I still
> am enamored with wire wheels. Bob Douglas mentions rebuilding them
> myself. I have done this with bicycles, but rarely do these go 70 mph
> down the interstate.
>
> Without much thought - how would you straighten ww's out? Turn a
> spindle on my wood lathe to fit inside of a splined hub. Since my lathe
> only has a 6" swing I would need to build a jig to hold the centers for
> the alignment process. Using a dial indicator and a whole bunch of
> patience one should be able to align these wheels. Balancing is a whole
> other matter. Has anyone out there really reworked wire wheels?
Am just planning to work on mine, and found an article on The Scions of
Lucas tech page (TRUING WIRE WHEELS by Rod Schweiger) that is pretty
detailed but missing some diagrams.
Anyone know of anything better?
Ron Tebo - Series I - B9000627
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