justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Why down the bike that long? I'd be looking at a rear wheel from the junkyard or someone parting one out. Clean one up, ride one, once it's done, sell the other. If I wuzgonna hop one up as far as I could, I'd get a motor, build one, ride one, sell,,
You know where to get chrome done? Costs? Used to be able to get chrome done in Odessa. Several places where the vats were in plain sight, ping pong balls covering the surface. EPA regs have driven most out, prices are up. I THINK I heard something about another process that is close to chrome, but not exactly the same. One of those Watching tv and piddling on the kindle moments, where I didn't catch the whole thing..
I went looking. Seems like there are quite a few sources left.
From one source Aluminum objects are first zinc coated, then copper, nickel & chrome.
Four steps,, and it's gonna be on you to get it smooth and clean.
I would want to know how thick the coating is and the diameter of the spoke holes and diameter of the new spokes. You don't want to need to drill. And what happens on crisp ninety degree angles? Do you need to soften the edges of the spoke holes? How much slop is needed to be able to lace the wheel?
I've heard about guys getting parts back that had been coated, dangitt, what's the stuff you hafta bake? Anyway, allowing surfaces where bearings sit, other machined for necessary clearance dimension type places, you gotta protect them from getting chromed.
If I'm telling you a buncha stuff you already know, I'm not trying to insult your intelligence, just hoping to help you avoid any bear traps.
The hub was rough. Where the molten aluminum was poured into the cast, they didn't grind it. It was cut off with what looked like, from the marks left, something like a farrier would use. The surfaces that weren't machined were coarse. IF a guy could hang a leather strap in there, it wouldn't help. That was a good answer on the bicycle front axle.
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