Wheel Refurb

[allstaruk]

HI

As some of you may know I\'m in the process of refurbing my mazdaspeed mso1\'s, I thinkn I have cracked it anyway. I have three of the wheels appart and about half way through being done, I need to get the tyre off the last one before I can set about doing it,

Anyway, I know this is a relatively easy task but would anyone like me to take some photo\'s and create a "HOW TO" for splitting appart and cleaning/painting/polishing a set of split rims?

Al

[allstaruk]

Anyone?.......

[D1 WTF]

if it is still possible mate.  i know it is easy but it could always be useful to someone else

[Jono FD3]

Don\'t know about your rims, but one thing I noticed when I refurbd mine last year....... there are 2 different sized nut & bolt used!!!! & I found out when I had 10 that wouldn\'t thread on the last rim!!!!! so I had to go through all the studs to double check them, took me fooooking hours to find them and finish the job!!!!
Jono

[Grizzly]

if you don\'t mind me asking do they have seals between the sections? or are they Bonded with sealer?

[B9 KLF]

A "how to" of your wheel refurb with pics would be great

Keith

[Rixio]

I did a how to a while back for another forum will dig out and post tmrw

Although Allstar is probably a proffesional so il leave it for now + it wasnt for split rims, just single piece

Rixio

[allstaruk]

I\'ll do a how to then, the mazdaspeed rims are 2 piece so they don\'t require sealing as there is no where for air to escape, with a three piece rim you have 2 sections to the rim so it needs to be sealed to be air tight.

Jono, I don\'t know if they are 2 diffrent sizes everyone I have taken out I\'ve put the nut back on and put in a pot so I can garantee that I have not lost the nuts and bolts.

Al

[Jono FD3]

Try to keep the larger ones seperate as they are suposed to go throught the 2 plates on the revers of the rim!!! Found that out at the same time!!!There is only about 0.5mm differance between the small & large ones!!

Jono