Date:         Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:26:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET>
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From:         Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Can steel wheels be trued?
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There is a place in MA that does this. I called them a few years ago about
straightening some Volvo wheels. IIRC is would have cost about $100 per
wheel. Whatever it was, it was way too much to even consider unless I had
some wacky antique or exotic wheel. There are quite a few people selling
brand new 14x5.5 steel wheels for not too much in case your "BFH" doesn't
work out so well.

Cheers,
Doug Fitz-Randolph
Freeport, ME

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Date:    Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:22:53 -0600
From:    Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: Re: Can steel wheels be trued?

Chris;

It looks like it may come to that. I am no stranger to fine-tuning parts
with a BFH. I'm sure I could improve on what I've got now. I was just hoping
that someone could get things truly concentric for a nominal charge. I've
done plenty of bicycle wheels, I'm sure the procedure is about the same,
only with a hammer instead of a spoke wrench.

Jim

On Feb 27, 2007, at 7:12 PM, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:

> 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