[Tigers] LAT-70 Wheel - Maintenance

[Wayne-MSN]

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_______________===

			 |	 |	|
__|__ 	
			/	 |	 \				   |
|
		    ==================				   |    |
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