Date:         Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:12:04 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Can steel wheels be trued?
Comments: To: felder@KNOLOGY.NET
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In a message dated 2/27/07 6:00:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
felder@KNOLOGY.NET writes:


> My camper has its original set of steel wheels and it occurred to me
> recently that the car would look a whole lot better if I stripped and
> resprayed the wheels. Trouble is, none of them are perfect (as much
> as .040 out in either horizontal or vertical dimension) and I would
> like to get them trued. It seems to me that 30 years ago, there were
> places you could take a wheel (they were steel back then as a given)
> and get them trued up with simple machines that used big roller
> bearings to do the job.
>
> I called the one place in town listed as truing wheels, and they said
> "if they're steel, we can't do nothin' about 'em."
>
> Izzat so?
>
> Jim
>

jim, save your $ and do it yourself..  just use a BFH.
(Big F*cking Hammer)     i've done it before with good results!

chris


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