KIT 4 (REAR WHEEL)

Hello all,

I thought i'd post a few pics of my rear wheel that i have started putting together.

A couple of things I found is the rivet bolts are a really tight fit unlike the bolts on the front wheels.
This is a benefit in a way as they wont move when you fit the nuts however getting the things through the holes in the first place took some doing and careful thought. I'll explain further.

You will find you can use a soft ended hammer to knock the rivets into the end of the spokes for one side of the wheel however i found it much easier and quicker to force them through with a vice as shown in the attached photos.

The rivets for the other side of the wheel actually go through the rim before the spoke. make sure you don't put them through the spoke first or they will be the wrong way around. in other words all the bolt heads face the same way on all the spokes. (I hope that made sense).

I found that knocking the bolts through with a hammer on the rim was not a good idea as the metal filler on the T-ring may break away.
instead I have used the same technique as with the vice but I am using a sash cramp instead. works a treat.

Of course you could just widen the holes but this would make tightening the nuts more difficult.

I also numbered off all the spokes so I knew which ones fitted in which slot once i had fully balanced the wheel.

Hi sonick45

Thanks for the information. There is an advantage of running behind everyone else. You get so many helpful hints and tips

and you get to look at their bums !!!! oh sorry, that's a different "running behind everyone else"

Finished construction today. Now the painting begins....

Look good and very heavy!

Can someone get a picture with a human in the picture to get an idea of true scale?

don't think we have any humans at STW

craig@STW wrote:don't think we have any humans at STW

Oh sorry.. Superhuman then

well no ..... do you remember the freak shows of the old days

we have midgets, hairy people, one eyed people, living dead and the incredible grunting man !!!!!

craig@STW wrote:well no ..... do you remember the freak shows of the old days

we have midgets, hairy people, one eyed people, living dead and the incredible grunting man !!!!!

Midgets ??? if you mean Dean why dont you say so!!

I'll leave it to the individuals to decide what category they fall into

Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,

Less of the midget jokes please, else a banning order might be put in place because i feel a 'little' offended.

If this abuse continues i may have to go back to my original job as a maths teacher to midgets.........cos i always felt it was important to make the little things count!

Anyway i'm not a midget, i'm a dwarf....what's the difference i hear you ask.....................very little!!

Funnily enough i heard a dwarf was pick pocketed in Daventry the other day.........can't believe any one would stoop so low!

I'm here all week. lol

Dean

lynnr wrote:Look good and very heavy!

Can someone get a picture with a human in the picture to get an idea of true scale?

lynnr just for you.....
The wheel is 29" across.

The wheel is looking wheely good.

I have been working on my front wheels. Started to pinstrip them. Using 1shot paint and Excaliber pinstriping brush. Need to get some thinners to make the paint flow a bit easier. Lost the light so no pictures tonight. Will try tomorrow.

Looking good on the wheel there, just wondered how you went about cleaning it before painting, what did you do on the inside of the rim? And did you go at the spokes with a flap wheel? Still trying to work up the enthusiasm, not quite got all the rivets in the belly tank yet!!!

Regards Kevyn.