Regarding maintenance of the LAT-70 wheels. When Larry Paulick and I were
restoring our 'beams, Larry fabricated a novel assembly to polish Lat-70
wheels. It consisted of a home-made Lazy Susan turntable to which the wheel
was mounted. An arm extending from the base of the turntable held an old
washing machine motor with a small pulley. A belt was fitted over the
wheel/pulley turning the wheel. A polishing wheel was then fitted to a hand
drill and everything put in motion.
Wheel
pulley
\ /
|_____|____|________belt_______________===
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__|__
/ | \ |
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motor
==================---------------------/ ______
^ ^ ^
Lazy Susan arm hinge
The polished wheels looked great!
I have never had trouble with excessive aluminum porosity leading to air
loss (have had the wheels since 1974). However, if this is a problem, one
might consider coating the tire-facing side of the rim with Glyptal.
Cheers,
Wayne
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