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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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i just purchased a set of these from the flea-bay. i want to clean these up as much as possible. i need to know how much i can dismantle them to facilitate a good re-furbishing. i see the screws on the back to remoe the cap and there are more screws towards the outer portion but i'm not sure what comes apart when i remove them.
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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I just bought a set there also, and intend to take them apart to clean and repaint the black sections. But I'm curious how the dings can be taken out. One thing that makes them very expensive to restore are the center caps @$55 EACH. The emblems alone are @$25 each.
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what scares me is the screws holding them together look retty rusty and i'm afraid i'll break a few trying remove em. whats the best thing soak em with to ease removal..
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PB Blaster or Liquid Wrench. And you might want to get some small wads of cloth to saturate with penetrant fluid, then place on the screws so they stay wet for quite a while.
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You will essentially get three peices out of them; cap, white metal spoke casting, and the stainless stamped wheel cover. The weight of these wheelcovers comes from the casting used for the spoke arrangement.

Reassembly keys off the valve stem hole.

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