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Post by zoom on Feb 19, 2011 20:15:16 GMT -4
awsome job. how long did it take per rim? do you do alot of custom work with rims?
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Post by MudMagnet on Feb 20, 2011 15:17:23 GMT -4
It's probility about 2 hours a wheel. There is alot of grinding to get the old centers out. All together it wasn't too bad but these will not but run on the road.
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Post by zoom on Feb 20, 2011 23:27:53 GMT -4
any easier to plasma cut the centers out? or was this not an option
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Post by Creepy on Feb 21, 2011 14:58:44 GMT -4
What are you talking about? cutting new centers, or cutting the welded center out of the rims in the first place....or removing the old center welds....or wha?
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Post by MudMagnet on Feb 22, 2011 11:39:58 GMT -4
if your asking about removing the old centers i think cutting the welds with a cutoff wheel on the grinder then beating the centers out and grinding the old welds is probility the best way... unless you have a big lathe then you might have an easier solution.
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Post by Sandboxcowboy on Feb 22, 2011 18:43:19 GMT -4
one house to the left of Mudmagnets place used to be a good machinist that had an old tire machine he rigged for cuttin steel and aluminum rims to be resized. nifty rig he had setup for oxy-ace at first then had a cutting edge like one off a lathe mounted to do cleaner work.
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Post by mlc on Feb 23, 2011 6:18:10 GMT -4
i cut mine out with a plasma .....cut threw the rim ...removed the center then welded the rim back up ...werked fer me
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Post by zoom on Feb 24, 2011 22:54:03 GMT -4
8-)what do you think threw the rim, the heat from the plasma cut or the initial weld stress from the rim assembly. A 15 inch centre continuously welded would expand close to 1\8 then retract about 3\16 while cooling if to fast.
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Post by Creepy on Feb 25, 2011 19:56:10 GMT -4
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Post by The Garagemahal on Feb 26, 2011 11:11:19 GMT -4
Turned out good Mike
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Post by MudMagnet on Feb 27, 2011 11:50:04 GMT -4
Thanks Scott I'm very pleased with it. Now to put em on the buggy. That will be this weeks work along with a new fuel pump to get her out of the snow drift it's been in since it was parked in October. Now that I live back home I'll have some time.
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Post by MudMagnet on Mar 1, 2011 20:03:41 GMT -4
well i finally got all 4 tires mounted on the wheels. they look great all together.  next step is to dig this neglected ol buggy out, have to put a new fuel pump on it, put some gas in it, then take the red top battery out of the mini van to put back in the buggy and then i can mount the tires on it.  |
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Post by The Garagemahal on Mar 1, 2011 20:22:30 GMT -4
They look awesome mike
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Post by MudMagnet on Mar 1, 2011 20:26:05 GMT -4
thanks man, i see the ringer approaching very soon....  |
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Post by SocialWheeler on Mar 1, 2011 20:39:53 GMT -4
Wheels and tires look bitchin' man.
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