Yes, maybe I'll do this, they still look pretty good BUT..... they could
use to be repainted. I took the car over to one of the body shops in town (
south eastern New Mexico area) and they said they would sand blast them and
paint them for $125. but let me ask you this, if I did get the new rims
where do you get them trued? No one around here can even balance tires on
the spoke rims let alone true the rims!
Andy 66B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H. Reynolds [SMTP:johnr@mail.nwmissouri.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:40 PM
> To: Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Wire wheel spokes!
>
> Why not just break out the loose spokes and replace them with new spokes -
> sure is
> cheaper than a whole new wheel unless the wheel also needs sandblasted,
> primed,
> painted, etc. I did this and then figured out the cost - it's not much
> less than
> buying new painted wheels. However, even the ads for the new wheels say
> you are
> supposed to have them all trued before putting them on!
>
> John
>
> Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT wrote:
>
> > > ----------
> > > From: Maffei Andrew P SSgt
> 27LG/LGQPT[SMTP:ANDREW.MAFFEI@CANNON.AF.MIL]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:24:11 PM
> > > To: mgs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: Wire wheel spokes!
> > > Auto forwarded by a Rule
> > >
> > They weren't broken before I started. There are several loose spokes on
> the
> > car, and I had a spare rim that is no good, the spline is stripped, so
> I
> > tried on that rim before attempting to attack the ones on the car, but
> they
> > are old and there not going to tighten with out breaking.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Max Heim [SMTP:mvheim@studiolimage.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:41 PM
> > > To: MG List
> > > Subject: Re: Wire wheel spokes!
> > >
> > > It occurs to me to ask, why are you trying to free up these spokes? If
> > > they're broken and need replacing, well then go ahead and break 'em to
> > > get 'em out, and replace them with new ones. But if the wheel is
> > > reasonably true, leave 'em be. If you are trying to true up an
> obviously
> > > out-of-true wheel, however, and are having this problem, then you are
> > > doubtless correct in surmising that you need a new wheel.
> > >
> > > Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT had this to say:
> > >
> > > >Just to let those who helped me with the frozen wire wheel spokes I
> had
> > > no
> > > >luck with any of those suggestions. I guess after 34 years they have
> > > rusted
> > > >into one solid piece. I now have 4 broken spokes, good thing I tried
> > > this
> > > >on a spare rim that was bad anyway.(spline is stripped)I didn't try
> > > heating
> > > >it up and cooling them rapidly though for this would have changed the
> > > temper
> > > >of the metal and made the spokes brittle (like it would have mattered
> the
> > > >way they were breaking!) Guess I'll have to invest in 4 new rims
> > > >thanks
> > > >
> > > >Andy 66B
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Max Heim
> > > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > > If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> > > it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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