Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2010 15:15 Written by Mik Tuesday, 06 April 2010 15:04

I have seen that Airtech make replacement bodywork parts, I have not seen nor used them, but have heard that they are not as strong/thick as the original but I suppose if you need the parts where else can you go.

 

Tapeworks for graphics

 

if you know of any other manufacturers please email me.

 

Wheels

I have put the Wheels here to avoid too many links on the front page.

I stripped my wheel down to get a cleaning and powder coating, but one of the first tasks after wheel removal was to remove the bearings.

This can be tricky for novice re builders.

Make sure you place 2 pieces of wood to sit the wheel on.

After removing the wheels, we need to check the hubs and remove any circlips (3) along with the bearing covers (which can be prised off with a screwdriver)

if you look through the bearing on one side you can see a lip on the other bearing, this can be an invitation just to shove a screwdriver in and hit it with a hammer, but odds on that the bearing will fail to move. This is because your hitting one edge and tightening the bearing up. you need to turn over the wheel and place a tube/extention socket onto the bearing with the tube/socket being around the same size as the bearing then give the tube/socket a good hitting back into the wheel.

what this does is loosen the bearing and thus makes it easier to remove.

Do the same for the bearing on the other side.

 

 

This is the other side of the wheel after hitting the socket, look how the bearing has moved flush with the wheel. I then turn over the wheel and do the same again, I do this 2 or three times.

 

you can only move the bearing so far into the wheel because there is a lip that will stop the bearing moving any further, so resists just hitting the bearing.

Notice the wood.

 

 

I then pull the extension from off the socket and insert the extension through the centre of the bearing and sit it onto the lip on the inside, I then hit the extension and thus removed the bearing.

 

 

There you go bearing removed and not too difficult. BUT make sure you remove the circlips and dont do what I did when I was 18 and tried for 2 hours to remove the bearing without getting anywhere.

 

The following picture is the result after powder coating.  You may find in another area I have compared the original black rim with the newly powder coated rim.