Subject: wheel woes
Author: jeff m
Date: Mar 11, 2002, 11:07 AM
Post ID: 1709824985
So I spent the weekend tackling the wheels
on my Ambo. Spent some quality time with
SOS pads and 409 to get rid of all the
32 years of crap on 'em. They're starting
to look pretty good BUT I noticed a couple
of maybe 1/2 - 1 inch long cracks radiating out
from the center of the hub (near the flanged
bearing housing). They don't seem to go all
the way through the casting, but I'd rather
not take chances. Considering the overall
crappy casting quality of the engine block,
I wasn't sure if these are just artifacts
from when the hub was made or more of a
stress crack.
'Nother question -- how hard are these
wheels to rebuild? If I do need to
replace the front then I'd like to
see if I could source a new hub and rebuild
the wheel myself. From my BMW days, I
would always send the wheel out as they
were considered by many to be 'unrebuildable'.
thanks,
jeff