Aussie wheel tech/discussions

[anth]

anyone used house-hold products to soak nuts/bolts, like vinegar and/or baking soda?

[dylan8]

Adaptec, will be less then that including postage

[Spados.]

Can't run corvette wheels without a spacer aye.

[Spados.]

Anyone recommend another source?

[Beware]

Looks good! The bolts are pretty much there for decoration once they're welded(I've seen people driving with welded wheels and no bolts in them at all), but they would be used to get everything in line and centred prior to welding.

[anth]

Did it last night, the stem stays put once you get the nut half tight. Only thing is I'm not sure if it's centered in the hole, looks a tad skewed, gonna back it off a bit and re-do it tonight.

The wheels are completely welded together, I just did the nuts good and tight and tried to keep them somewhat similar. Pretty sure their only purpose is decoration.

Here's how they're looking, shame these are going on the back, I'd love to have this much dish on the front.



Need to respray that hub dust cap, probably do it wrinkle black to hide it's poor condition lol

[dylan8]

Iv had some with the screw drive notch before, Just hold the valve in your other hand. Can get them tight enough that way.

In regards to bolts, is the centre free of the lip and barrel? If so I'd still be torquing up

[Beware]

Dunno, the valves that I've always used have either had a double nut arrangement on the back or the poke through ones with the nut on the front usually has a slot to put a flat head screwdriver in. Does it have a rubber seal on the back, perhaps once it tightens enough the friction of the rubber will prevent it spinning?

[anth]

thanks mate. Kinda worried that the holes for the valve stem seals have been enlarged a bit much when I got the lips polished, hope they seal. Also what do I use to hold the back of the valve stem from spinning while I tighten the nut on the front? There's no hex or anything back there (genuine Work stems).

[Beware]

Normal sort of nut/bolt tightness.....the weld is what keeps them together. Valves I go pretty tight usually.

[anth]

Doing up nuts and bolts on welded wheels, should I bother with any specific torque settings or just 'good n tight'?

Also, same goes for valve stem seals, any tips?

[Spados.]

S'all good, there's a handful of Aussie companies that have US addresses, that ship from the U.S. in shipping containers.

[Welfare]

Will only ship internationally if I have an account with Bongo? Which means I'll have my own U.S. address. Not got bother now since it ends in 14 hours.

spew, could sign up for a freight forwarder in the states. its what the missus did when they would ship internationally.

[Spados.]

Will only ship internationally if I have an account with Bongo? Which means I'll have my own U.S. address. Not got bother now since it ends in 14 hours.

[MattHatCat]

Sorry for digging up old shit in the thread haha but I read though the whole thing last night