Reconditioning wheels post-spill

Bradders87
Bradders87 Posts: 93
edited May 2011 in Workshop
A cheeky gust of wind pushed me sideways into a fairly substantial raised kerb yesterday, giving both my wheels a bit of a scrape (as well as my bar tape, left forarm and shin :D). It's churned the metal up which is irritating the brake pads when braking and needs taking back down. Is sandpaper/a fine file the best way to go about taking them down? As far as I can tell that's all the repair it'll need - the tyre walls seem fine and both wheels still spin true.

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  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    Bradders87 wrote:
    A cheeky gust of wind pushed me sideways into a fairly substantial raised kerb yesterday, giving both my wheels a bit of a scrape (as well as my bar tape, left forarm and shin :D). It's churned the metal up which is irritating the brake pads when braking and needs taking back down. Is sandpaper/a fine file the best way to go about taking them down? As far as I can tell that's all the repair it'll need - the tyre walls seem fine and both wheels still spin true.

    ive used wet and dry paperin the past and it will sort the problem out. you must use a flat block to wrap the sandpaper around to maintain a flat surface. Just take the high spots out, the gouged bits wont cause any problems unless its really bad, you dont want to thin the rim.

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