dianeandpablo

As you remove each nut and bolt, mate them together and place them in a container of some sort that'll be durable enough to hold our cleaner of choice...old gasoline. Fill up the container enough to cover the bolts and let them soak so that the loctite begins to soften. I've tried mineral spirits, acetone, carb cleaner, and brake cleaner...none of that stuff worked on getting the loctite off. One chemical that did work though is stuff called Bestine...I think that can be found in an art supply joint.

dianeandpablo

Now that the bolts are out we can begin slicing into the old RTV. Some wheels, like this one have the center piece sandwiched inbetween the barrel and the lip providing a wide seam while others manage to hide the center piece and just have a narrow seam between the barrel and the lip. Slice gently into the RTV to find your groove and countinue in that groove around the circumference of the wheel. Then switch to the other side of the seam (arrows indicate where) and slice into this side like the first. Note that in this picture I removed the RTV from the right side of the seam, this seam would have been filled with RTV to completely hide the seam.

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Now with your "V" tool, begin stripping out the RTV from the seam. Be careful not to gouge the aluminum. Get a feel for how much pressure you need to put in and carry on through.

dianeandpablo

Now we can begin to separate the 3 pieces. First off is the outer lip. Grab a nice sturdy hock of wood and place it on the shoulder of the outer lip and give a couple of whacks. You'll see that it'll start to split and come off the center piece. Don't worry, the lip isn't just gonna fly off at the first whack...it'll gradually split apart.

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This is what you're left with when the outer lip is off.

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Now we'll pound out the middle section. Be careful with this piece because it is heavy. Do it over grass or a cushion or something so that when you pound 'er out she'll fall on something soft. This piece is may be stubborn so have a little patience.

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Lay the pieces out, stand back and admire your handiwork...now's a great time to take a good long pull from the beer can...Meanwhile, I'm gonna guzzle some wine and take a breather myself. I'll be right back...

Falcondrivr

Great write up so far! However, from the avatar pic I thought that Diane would have sexier hands.

dianeandpablo

Thanks for the kind words! Ah those hands...the rougher the better! Besides, she bashed up the wheel that time so she gets to fix it. By the way, she loves the color combo on your car...well done.

96PCarrera993mg

Interesting!

Bill Verburg

Good thread, one of these days I'll have to spiff up my old Kinesis K5s

Are the bolts steel or Ti? What size?

I know that my Forgelines have Ti but can't remember what was supposed to have been used on the Kinesis.

dianeandpablo

Thanks, no these bolts are steel. 8mm 12 point head. I'd have to measure the shaft to give you its size though.

P-daddy

boxcarracer

Thanks for the informative thread.
In exchange I've resized your avatar:

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