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1911tex
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Joined: June 14, 2014
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Location: Central Texas
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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:49 am Post subject: Truing wheel rims |
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| Have an old set of 14" thing wheels; they look good but how do I know if the wheels need to be trued before sand blasting and painting? |
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cecil
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Joined: February 23, 2005
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Location: Stockton, CA
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You could bring it to my house and we could check it on a lathe. Or, simply mount it to your front spindle and spin it. You could use a dial indicator or some kind of pointer mounted to the body or frame. I don't know what allowable run out is?????? I bet Capt. Spalding does.
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Truing wheel rims |
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| Have an old set of 14" thing wheels; they look good but how do I know if the wheels need to be trued before sand blasting and painting? |
How do you intend to true the wheels if any are bent? |
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Captain Spalding
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Joined: February 19, 2005
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Location: . . . in denial.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| cecil wrote: |
| You could bring it to my house and we could check it on a lathe. Or, simply mount it to your front spindle and spin it. You could use a dial indicator or some kind of pointer mounted to the body or frame. I don't know what allowable run out is?????? I bet Capt. Spalding does. |
I didn't know, but this thread on the Beetle Split Window forum a fellow Samba member quotes the VW spec as 1.5mm. I can't imagine that the spec would be any different for a Thing. A wheel repair shop should be able to true them up for you. Take a drum with you in case they don't have the equipment to mount a wide five wheel. |
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Towel Rail
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Joined: April 15, 2005
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Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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Yep, my copy of the '70-79 Bentley says 1.5mm too. Of course, one wonders how many of us are driving around on wheels (or any number of other parts) that are outside of spec. 
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