Skyway Hubs

[Gashead]

I have a set of ally tuffs and the ally is not great ! Pitted etc

Can the rivets be taken out, then get the hubs re chromed and re fitted ?

Anyone ever done it ?



Nick

[58 delray]

nick, they were never chrome only polished ally 

andy

[CD17]

Yes as /\/\/\ he has said 

[Gashead]

Looks like chrome as its flaked off a bit ?

[animal]

Anybody got a pic 4 reference purposes after removal ?

[animal]

Nick r they earlier ones with the steel chromed hubs then ? Hubs r flatter than the ally ones ?

[Rodgy1970]

It can be done, read a thread somewhere about this recently, there's a fella who can replace the rivets and fit new ones using a press, the only hitch is (I think) he's in Australia, he's called Waza007 on the forums.

Heres the thread:-

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=244347&p=1

[fischflo]

Anybody got a pic 4 reference purposes after removal ?

pics courtesy coasty and Maurice           

[Gashead]

Yep , they are the early one's !

[animal]

Pics of rivets ?

[fischflo]

[58 delray]

Yep , they are the early one's !

in that case ignore what i said 

[Rodgy1970]

Anybody got a pic 4 reference purposes after removal ?

Check this out, theres a few on here!

http://mauricemeyer.net/cgi/mm.pl?datafile=../general/BMX.txt&page=BMX/Colored_Graphite_Tuffs

[fischflo]

there you can also see his temporary "faux rivets"-solution.

If you decide to take the flanges/hubs off, make sure you drill-off the rivets from the right side. I remember reading somewhere that the right side is the side where the caps of the rivets are untouched/original/flat, NOT the side where they seem pressed.
Resaon is the rivets or the canal through which they run, seem to be conic. So that you will most probably crack the wheels if you attempt driving-out the rivets from the wrong side. 

[CD17]

It can be done