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Re: wire wheels

To: Geoff Branch <branch@valinet.com>
Subject: Re: wire wheels
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:56:16 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>, Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
In-reply-to: <01bece0b$fde10fe0$35da62ce@branch>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Ok ok, I mentioned this once but have never tried it, nor do I recommend
it and I'd rather wash my hands of the whole thing...  :-)

Ulix (wheels centers rigidly connected to rims at all times)


On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Geoff Branch wrote:

> Ulix:  Is this the "temporary" fix you spoke of (no pun intended)?  Does the
> strip of foil go around the circumference (sp?) of axially (many little
> strips)?  Not that you'd ever do this....
> 
> Geoff Branch  '74 Meejut
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:07 AM
> Subject: Re: wire wheels
> 
> 
> >Of the places that I have looked, AHSpares seems to have the best price for
> >hubs, but I don't know about shipping yet tho'.
> >
> >With the prices of these things, and my budget what it isn't, I'll probably
> >be doing it a piece at a time.
> >
> >AHSpares also has rebuilt wheels for sale.  On the downside of that, is
> that
> >you have to return 'cores'.  More shipping, ... and then the question, do
> >they have to get the cores before they ship?  (down time)
> >
> >On their tech page, someone has offered 'tin foil' wrapped around the hub
> >splines as a stop-gap measure.  Uh ... by stop-gap, I mean 'temporary fix'.
> >
> >Do Brits mean the same thing as we do by: 'tin-foil'?
> >
> >Robert Duquette
> >Ottawa ON Canada
> >http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
> >RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
> >'65 RHD BRG Sprite
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >> ...  No cheap fix.  4 new wheels, 4 new hubs.
> >
> >
> 

    Ulix                                       __/__,__      ___/__|__  
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http://students.washington.edu/~ulix/         '67 Sprite     '74 X1/9


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