| Author | Message | ||
     Evil_twin |
It appears that the road salt has decided to intrude upon the finish of my wheels. What would any of you recommend for cleaning the wheels off? I work in steel with limited aluminum experience and would like some "direction" for returning my wheels to the original luster. Take 'em off the bike and take the Dremel to them with a light polishing abrasive? If I have to take them off, are there any bolts that need to be replaced? Any of those good ol' one time use bolts I should worry about? Thanks in advance. Rich  | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
Never Dull!!! Restored my wheels to original luster after acid rain in LA darkened them. | ||
| Starter |
Silvo | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Flitz and unless your taking the rotor off, no, none of the bolts are one time use. I would however suggest pulling the pinch bolts and coating the threads with antiseize just to be safe, and liberally apply antiseize to both the threads and where the bearings mate to the axles. | ||
| Koz5150 |
I us a product called Wizards Metal polish. It worked great on my PM rims. | ||
| Hkwan |
Wyckedflesh, I've read in couple of mechanical publications that never put lub or antiseize type chemical on critical bolts that requires precise torquing (for e.g., lug nuts on wheels, pinch bolts, etc.) You might overtorque the bolts or the bolt might work itself loose. | ||
| Evil_twin |
Okay, so don't lube this, anti that... yeah, yeah, yeah. What about my wheels?! I hit a good snowstorm on the way back from Daytona and the road salt has ruined my wheels. Now, I can't get that JUNK off my wheels. Looks like the stuff is permanently on there. I think the aluminum may be pitted. C'mon guys (and gals), I figured you would all be a wealth of information and ideas. I don't mean to sound like an •••, but I hate the "Man, that is a great looking bike! Dude! What happened to your wheels!?" comments. I'm going to go slam my head into the sidewalk. Please, your comments are greatly welcomed. Wycked, Those were the bolts I was wondering about. Appreciate it. As far as the anti-sieze, yeah, I'm aware of the corrosion possibilities. My front axle was froze to the bearings when I went to have my rubbers changed. Rich P.S. Don't take my sarcasm as disrespectful. It is meant kind heartedly. | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Evil....Mothers wheel polish. Small red and white container. I have had the same can for about 5 years.  | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Hkwan, in the case of your axles, remember you also have pinchbolts to aid in the holding of the axle. With the torque value so low, the antiseize won't be an issue. Having seen the damage of not putting the anti seize on and having the axle seize, trust me its a safe issue to do. | ||
| Drift |
B_S, did you have to strip the paint off first? That really does look cool. | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Nope.....That's Silverbullet's handy work. It is a 9 so the center is just bare metal. He used an etching primer then paint, then a special hard clearcoat for wheels. | ||
| Drift |
So your wheels were not black to start with? | ||
| Black_sunshine |
No sir....Silver. I just left the polished rim and painted the center. | ||
| Drift |
ahh. Mine are all black. So I was trying to figure how you did that exactly. Cool. Looks nice. |
