Author Topic: Pushed in ! need a clever idea to help ! (Read 3622 times)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **on:** February 02, 2011, 07:20 PM »

Right got a pair of red alloy hubbed skyways

trouble is some muppet has at some point has over tightened the rear hub, pushing it in and fooking it up

now none of the rivit are damaged just the hub each side

so now what i would like to know from you lot is, has any one got one back in shape and been sucsessfull in it working ?

do you think that if i lay it on a flat suface and gently hit it in the right place to bring it back to the right place and shape ?

or does any one have any other ideas that they can come up with that might work ?

cheers B

get thinking

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:07 PM »

41 views and no one with a clue

griff · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:10 PM »

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on February 02, 2011, 09:07 PM

41 views and no one with a clue

no mate sorry - but I usually check most threads anyway (I can either learn something or they might go off topic with hilarious consequences)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:19 PM »

cheers mate anyway

right griff has excused himself and given a reason for not knowing - what about the other 40 peeps that had a look and never said a word

griff · « **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:23 PM »

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on February 02, 2011, 09:19 PM

cheers mate anyway

right griff has excused himself and given a reason for not knowing - what about the other 40 peeps that had a look and never said a word

maybe they've been distracted by my bar polishing thread

ED209 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:28 PM »

Never owned an OS pair of Skyways so can I be excused too... pictures might help though.

...anyway isn't a clever a big knife

hunterdubber · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:29 PM »

I've had this problem before BE ,, and tbh it's a fookin nightmare and fiddly

I ended up trying to warm up the hub and gently tapping from the opposite side , only thing is you struggle to keep the face even as you attempt to knock back each alloy hub prong.
someone devised a tool , where it is a long bolt was fed through where the axle goes and you slid on a wide tab then attached with a nut from the inside of both hub flanges . Then slid a collar surrounding the outer of the flange, then slid another metal plate wider than the collar on top, and then a nut to tighten and therefore pull the hub face upwards and out evenly and slowlly as not to cause any damage

Anyway why do you want to use a clever ?

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:40 PM »

oops !

right that's another 2 off the list

ed - that a weak excuse

go get some right now

HD - i was thinking of the hammer way but see what you mean - and do you know who had the right tool to get the job done (no pun you lot

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38 peeps to go

double chevron · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:47 PM »

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on February 02, 2011, 09:40 PM

38 peeps to go

Guilty too...

but I'm only able to do it in french so not really worth explaining...

brummie · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:51 PM »

i aint got a clue but am holding my hands up
have always thought this myself, I do a lot of posting get a lot of readers but not a lot of responses
if i can help i always try

shame not everyone is the same eh

Dr.Robotnik · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2011, 09:52 PM »

No idea what you mean without pictures not having had Skyways.

Mi scusi senor...

Betty · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:00 PM »

Just grind out the rivets hammer the hub flanges flat and put em back with nuts and bolts just like bitd...

I know... not the answer you wanted....

dordymush · « **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:12 PM »

a big fook off hammer.
not very technical but i've done it before and it worked a treat.

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:14 PM »

32 to go

some helpfull - some not at all - some are right and some are wrong

just wanted to keep them org and without the bolts done

now some one else has said that CBRGIL does this job ! so gonna try him

rollin72 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2011, 11:13 PM »

put the wheel under your car wheels, run over it several times..you might fook it up so much it may go back to its original shape

you might have guessed I havent got a fookin clue...hope this helps

bobafett · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2011, 12:08 AM »

Send a PM to Spen's brother Simon "Hootski70" he's fixed this problem a few times and will talk you through it

Don't expect an immediate PM back though he's not the fastest at replying

NORTY40 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2011, 01:01 AM »

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on February 02, 2011, 10:14 PM

32 to go

some helpfull - some not at all - some are right and some are wrong

EXCUSE ............. couldn't be arsed replying as i hadn't got a fookin clue

SOLUTION .......... just buy some more

Munnyella · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:52 AM »

I had this prob bitd, not from over tightening by a muppet, but from the cones binding and winding themselves up, quite common.

I put a new, coaster hub in mine. There is a way of drawing them back into shape, but I don't know it, but I have seen a thread with it on.

I'd be tempted to drive over it, seems the most sensible thing to do!!

moley · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2011, 08:16 AM »

Try this one................

Start praying to the God of your choice................and hope for divine intervention!!!

Failing that................get some piccys up.

Seeing the problem might inspire the masses!!

Mattdub · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2011, 08:37 AM »

It's been done before by quite a few others , not by me so no idea hence no previous post

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #20 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:02 AM »

well i would say your all a bunch of C*^ts but i like to much for that

I am surprised that no one hasn't invented a tool to sort this out yet after all these years

i might drive over it, but can you lot send me some of your skyways to have a go first in case i f ' it up on mine

cheers for those who helped and cheers to those that didn't

Spen69 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:22 AM »

Right then.

Mark at RetrospectBMX (cbrgill) has a tool that can do this with limited success. My brother Simon (Hootski70 on here) and I looked at using crank and pulley pullers with limited success too.

In the end the really bad ones we had to cut the rivets, turn the hubs inside out and re-bolt them temporarily and pass a big threaded bar through and wind them straight then turn them back round. Not what you want to do, but if they're really bad it's the only way ;-(

Pm me and I'll get Mark's number to you.

Spen

stfc · « **Reply #22 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:30 AM »

Get a small G clamp ... put it against the face of the wheel using something to stop any scratches on the nylon, feed the other end through the wheel and put a long thin socket or something similar that wont bend through the wheel and on to the back of each "arm" section of your metal hub, put the other end against the G cllamp ,it will be at a slight angle so go slowly and do a bit at a time on each hub section until they are all level, turn over and repeat,you can also use another G clamp to span the rivets so as not to push them out , again do 1 section at a time ... The G clamps that have a turn type arm are better than the newer trigger type as you can wind back and forth and you have more control ,rather than just tighter and tighter until you push the release mechanism ,

mivvi · « **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2011, 05:58 PM »

I made this a long time ago, it worked but who knows where it is now?

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=3657.msg35859#msg35859

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #24 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:21 PM »

yer got to look for it mate

here are what my hubs look like

rear

Author Topic: Pushed in ! need a clever idea to help ! (Read 3622 times)

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