Feckin' Wheels

[silkie]

Gents, I've got this Steamer. Sat in my shed for the best part of 2 years. I'm getting her back on the road but the long and short of this questions is that I hate the wheels.

The PO put some 17 inch rims on the original hubs. Thing is they are in a right state, the hubs seem to be furing up and causing paint to lift (that normal!?!?) and on the rims themselves I'm seeing some alloy type fur gathering around the spoke holes. Having spent a long bloody time trying to clean them up I've decided I quite fancy a set of mags of a Girly. Will these wheels slot straight in?

Should I be able to find some of course!

Hope you can help lads... 

[Mustang]

short answer ............NO

but anything can be made to work ...............

the big obstacle will be speedo drive
the girlies use a magnet and electric signal to the speedo
steamers are purely mechanical drives
(good ol fashioned cable drive)

[silkie]

ahhh smeg, I'll just referb these the ones I have and dig out my old spokey dokies from my BMX.

So the hubs corroding surprised me to be honest. I knew the original rims rot out but the hubs? Is the hub rotting typical?

[nickjtc]

So the hubs corroding surprised me to be honest. I knew the original rims rot out but the hubs? Is the hub rotting typical?

You must be a 'Red Dwarf' fan  :icon_wink:

Pretty much anything metallic (except gold, I suppose) will be affected by the nasty elements out there, to one degree or another.

[fraserdog]

ahhh smeg, I'll just referb these the ones I have and dig out my old spokey dokies from my BMX.

So the hubs corroding surprised me to be honest. I knew the original rims rot out but the hubs? Is the hub rotting typical?

I believe 955i spoked wheels slot straight into a steamer and they have stainless spokes as standard.

[Sin_Tiger]

Corrosion on the hubs is usually just cosmetic, the original DID rims are another story 

If you decide to stick with the original set up investing in good quality replacement rims and stainless spokes is worthwhile, so taking the extra time to get the hubs cleaned and powder coated at the same time is small beer. If you want a different look you could go for a coloured anodised look with matching hubs.