Guest BretK Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 After getting the split rims off for cleaning and powder coating prior to putting on the new rubber, I have determined that new wheel bearings are probably in order, as well as servicing the brakes. In order to get there, I think I need to find/make some sort of a hub puller as I do not want to damage the irreplaceable or at least hard to find parts. Any reccomendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 The front wheels are easy to get off their hubs. The rear ones is where you need the hub puller....I had never heard of a hub puller before when I first took off my wheels. I took a 2 x 4 put it against the hub and started tapping w/ a little force w/ a hammer....the wood kept the threads from deforming...anyway, after a while the wheel came off. This may be frowned upon now, but it did work for me at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Also can back the nut off a bit and either drive it a bit to loosen them or have someone pull you around the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BretK Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks Jason and Bob for your replys. She is up on jack stands while the split rims are getting blasted and powdercoated before the new rubber goes on, so no luck pulling around the yard. I was going to take the front wheels off, and back off the brake shoe cams per the manual, but was confronted with 5 lbs of grime, dust and grease, so spent the afternoon scraping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 What did you find out about the rim color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BretK Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 What did you find out about the rim color?near as I can tell three of the rims had some silvery grey color paint left on them. The other two were just plain rust:D I still haven't decided what color to powder coat them, I am leaning toward just a basic black, but not sure..... Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Cadmium plating was used on the 4 cyl cars for sure, I cannot tell you the specifics without looking it up but maybe that is the silver you are seeing on these rims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BretK Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Could be cadmium I suppose, I will probably go black with the powdercoat to be safe though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lawson Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 The rims on the 1928 Senior6 were cadmium plated as well. I think that this was rather common practice with most auto manufactures . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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