Hi Frank,
I think that is one of Murphy's Laws. It also seems to occur with three out
of four bolts coming out ok and the fourth and final one either breaking off
or stripping out or some such fun happening.
To Frank and all on the list: I have been doing much to the series one
Lotus Seven (Sprite power) over the winter. I am down to the last chore
that I really wanted to get done before spring arrives. It has to do with
the oil seal of my hubs onto my rear axle housing. I am still getting
90Weight on my brake shoes in the rear. I remember when I put the new seals
and bearings in place, the bearing slid right into place and didn't need any
coaxing at all. Is that why I have a leak? I just really want to cure this
problem, at least for a while.
Please anyone that can offer any help . . . please help!
Thanks,
Mike Carpenter
----- Original Message -----
From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at exit109.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:39 PM
Subject: Whyisit
> Why is it I can paint 3 wire wheels and they all came out perfect but the
> 4th one wrinkled up?
> All were wiped down with thinners prior to getting primed.
> I let the thinners dry while I was masking the tires.
> I let the primer dry too.
> So whyisit the LAST one wrinkled?
> Did you ever try to strip wrinkled paint off a 60 spoke wire wheel?
> No fun tast. I had to dismount the tire to fit it in my bead blast
> cabinet. That was loads of fun in itself with prybars. And of course
> blasting 60 spokes took most of the day.
> And the vacuum on the blast cabinet had to die today too.
> So that made seeing silver metal from silver paint a bit of a chore in the
> dust cloud inside the cabinet.
> Well the job is finished, I'll remount the tire tomorrow when the paint
> drys. And being me, I did NOT use a store bought "correct" argent silver
> or wheel silver, I just happened to have some left over single stage
> urethane paint from a Buick and it looks nice on wire wheels.
> They look alot better now then they did when a few guys from the list saw
> them at the Philly meet 2 weeks ago.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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