Triumphrat

Normandy · 11-02-2006

Well, I decided to finally rip the wheels off speedy and powder coat them black. Has anyone done this. Any tips or tricks I should know about ? I realize I will probably have to trash all the wheel seals to remove them but the bearings should press out and be re-useable ? Did you have the bearing and seal surface covered ? Plug the disk brake bolt holes ? I seem to recall the thickness of the powder being a problem on tight fit parts ?
Would appreciate any help or advise and will pass on any discoveries along the way.

sweatmachine · 11-02-2006

no hints here, but that will be kickass, be sure to post some pics!

monkeyboy · 11-03-2006

Steel should be fine, but if you got aluminum rims, they don't like being baked.

panthercity · 11-03-2006

We powder coated a couple of pairs of wheels for our old endurance racing Hawk. Pulled the bearings and turned `em over to the powder coater (fellow racer Randy White, RIP). He sealed the areas that needed to be sealed, prepped the aluminum alloy wheels, sprayed `em and baked `em.

Worked out well as we were mounting new tires about every third week ten months out of the year. Held up better than paint.

Normandy · 11-03-2006

Panthercity, thanks for the response. I dropped the wheels off today and think I have aquired the info I need now. Shame to trash all those good seals but should be able to save the bearings they tell me.