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Sharing the joy of finishing a job

5 posts Started 9 Mar 2012 Last recovered post 10 Mar 2012 Wayback Machine snapshot 11 Nov 2012
#1 YoshiHNS Thread starter
Sharing this because it took all day to do, and because so far it's been a good day, so I'm in a mood to share the joy.

So I picked up this 848 rear wheel a long time ago for maybe $100. From the look of it, either the owner never tightened down the wheel nut, or the drive pins broke and tore a gash into the wheel where the pins go. First thing I do is check to see if it's straight. Yep. Check and it still fits on a spindle too. Looking good. So I take it down to the welder we use for the shop and ask him to fill in the sections that were cut away. I was thinking he would just use a little bit to fill it in. Don't have a before pic to share, but this is what I got back...

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He just went to town and slabbed on the weld. Not really a huge deal until I try to figure out how I'm going to make sure I'm centered on the holes. Wasn't planning on weld being over the holes. So I spent all day today (between actual work) and milled the face down. Then spun a drill backwards with the wheel loose in the clamps to try and get the hole centered on the tool. Drill a little, recheck alignment, drill some more, rinse, repeat. Until finally, just came down to one last check and milling the counterbore. Spot on with all the holes, and 3/4 of the counterbores. It fits super snug on the spindle too, so it's even right!

Pics of end results.

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#2 Veefer800Canuck
Might want to take of the edging off where the center bore is at an angle, it looks like some metal has been folded over there.
#3 YoshiHNS Thread starter

Veefer800Canuck, on 09 March 2012 - 06:35 PM, said:

Might want to take of the edging off where the center bore is at an angle, it looks like some metal has been folded over there.

Yep. Going to hand grind that stuff out, and the extra weld that's overhanging around the bolts.
#5 YoshiHNS Thread starter

Veefer800Canuck, on 09 March 2012 - 07:18 PM, said:

This going on your Vfr?

One does not simply admit to having a project

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