Welcome to another episode of the 1986 Honda CR250R restoration project. This time it the wheels that are in the spotlight for restoration so sit back , relax and enjoy, But first,
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So what's involved in a wheel restoration? Well in this case way back in episode 3 I stripped these wheels down and sent the rims and hubs out for replating as they were scratched, corroded, peeling and generally beaten up from years at the track. While they were at the platers i ordered all the parts I would need to rebuild them
stainless steel spokes and nipples
Inner tubes
rim bands
rim locks
new tyres
Then when they arrived back it was simply a case of putting all of those items together, so first up was the lacing of the wheel, each wheel has different spokes and angles and a particular order of assembly so its important that you know what you are doing because if you don't you'll get the the 36th spoke and it wont fit and you'll have to start all over again and risk damaging your nicely plated wheels so beware.
After the lacing process its time to true the wheel as the rim is never perfect from the factory as you can see from the amount of run out in the video. To true the rim it involves finding the high and low spots and evening them out using the inner and outer spokes to pull the rim one way or the other and its the same for the vertical run out. Once true to within 2mm or less the nipples were torqued up and then it was time to fir the tyres.
If you are watching and reading this then I'm sure I don't need to explain tyre and tube fitting as it would just bore you but if you are new to all of this watch the video its pretty self explanatory
After all of that it was simply a case of fitting the sprocket and brake disc and then getting set up for the next episode teaser.
So I hope you enjoyed this episode and ill see you all again very soon,
Enjoy
RRC
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