tisdag 15 mars 2011

Got the steering bearings of finally...

Damn this was much harder than I thought it would be, first I tried prying it loose to no avail. Then I tried knocked it with a hammer and screwdriver and heating it up to no avail, after that I removed the bearings themself as I have ordered new ones and tried hammering and heating the inner track to no avail...

Then I took out my dremel and started to split it and I tought I might get some marks on the other parts but halfway through it just snapped, the tension must have been really high.

First pic when trying to pry and hammer it off.

Then half way through with the dremel it cracked, can barely see the crack but it's there.

And the some hard enamel lacquer where the powder coating was missing :)

tisdag 1 mars 2011

Finally first wheel done :)

Finally got the tire onto the first wheel, a'int it a beauty :)

Used a lot of  tape on the tools to protect the powder coating on the rim, also used bits of chopped up air compressor tubes. Worked great, it only chipped at one placed but a bit enamel varnish on it will keep it sealed.


A pic from before starting mounting the tire, tried out the air tube so that the nozzle would fit and such.