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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde
What kind of fixtures are necessary to keep the rim concentric with the hub when reworking the wheels? Is this wheel mod practical for do-it-yourself?
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Bob, I have a Bear Wheel Straightener that runs very concentric, and a fixture could be built to clamp the rim into using a centering fixture mounted to the turntable on the wheel press. As far as practical for a do-it-yourself guy, probably not for everyone but if someone had a knee mill with a large rotary table, they probably could get close enough to call the job successful
I thought about using a set of 26/27 T wire wheels and doing the process to a 17" motorcycle rim for my daughter's speedster to be able to use a low(er) profile radial tire. I was going to layout the holes in the M/C rim for the spokes on my rotary table and using a 90° angle head, drill the holes in the proper spacing around the perimeter to slide the spokes into during setup. Then I could indicate it on the wheel press and weld it out when it was true. As you can imagine, this would be a large undertaking so the car was finished with '27 Chevrolet disc wheels instead.