Great idea I just couldn’t justify the amount of time you put into making those vs. buying from wheel builder.
Great idea I just couldn’t justify the amount of time you put into making those vs. buying from wheel builder.
You mean the whole hour and a half? 
really great work, and thank for the details, something to think about.
what rims are those?
thanks
Hey man. Great idea and it looks great.
This actually helped me resolve a current issue I was having. I have the notorious Speed Concept / Wheel cover rubbing issue.
You gave me the idea to slice my Wheel Cover just as you did from the center to the outside. When I laid it down, it laid down flatter. There was a small gap in the area I just sliced with a razor blade. I covered the gap up with electrical tap. Used electrical tape to hold the cover to the wheel and voila no more rubbing.
Looks like the opposite issue that you had with your flat piece. The Wheel builder cover appeared to have too much dish. Slicing it allowed it to flatten out. I’m quite happy right now.
So thanks!
Looks great
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Nice job, great pics. Confirmed to me that my time is worth the $90 to buy from WB.
Great guide.
I did this once too, a long time ago.
A question: the taping of the disc (from the back) to some of the spokes as you pictured in one of your last steps, I assume you can’t really do that to both sides of the disc cover. Or, if you can, how would that be done?
A question: the taping of the disc (from the back) to some of the spokes as you pictured in one of your last steps, I assume you can’t really do that to both sides of the disc cover. Or, if you can, how would that be done?
Nope, you can’t. You only need to do it on the drive side, to pull the cover away from the cassette so you get less rubbing in your largest rear cog.
Asad
Bravo…“Clap Clap Clap”.
I’m so doing this!
Why cut from the center of the disc to the edge only to turn around and cement it back together again? You seem to say that it won’t lay flat otherwise but I don’t understand how an uncut disc will not lay flat when a cut-and-then-recemented disc will.
Why cut from the center of the disc to the edge only to turn around and cement it back together again? You seem to say that it won’t lay flat otherwise but I don’t understand how an uncut disc will not lay flat when a cut-and-then-recemented disc will.
The disc needs to be slight conical in order to extend from the hub to the rim as they are not in the same plane. The hub is way wider.
Hugh
Yup…you have to form a slight cone, and the only way to do that is to make the slice.
You’re not just making a slice though…you’re removing a wedge of material.
Great write up.
I had to do it as I had a wheelbuilder cover that puckered and rubbed the non-drive chainstay and rubbed against the cassette on the drive side.
You took the care of the 2 biggest issues before you even started. Sourcing the material and cutting the circles. I could not find .040" ABS in Jacksonville, FL. I was told they could order it for me, but it would be about $18 for the sheet and $250 for shipping. So I went with .060" instead which they had in stock. That was $18 for a 4’x8’ sheet. I then had to run the circles myself. It wasn’t too hard but it certainly wasn’t as clean your pieces.
One thing to keep in mind, the non-drive blank (before rolling) has to be slightly bigger than the drive side. It gets rolled into a higher cone. On my wheels, the final piece is about 5-8mm smaller in diameter than the drive side. If (when) I do it again, I’ll cut the non-drive blank a little larger. I’ll also do it in .040" or preferably .030".
Oh and I picked up the abs after work Monday, spent 1.5 on it that night. Here on Tuesday, I spent about 1 hours getting it finished and installed. Super easy.
Thanks again,
Scott
How wide was the piece you removed on the drive side?
Tiny…maybe an 1/8th on the outer edge.
How does wheelbuilder make their cone? I looked for a slice but didn’t see one.
They probably heat/press/vacuum form it.
Is this what you mean by hole saw?
After reading this…
Wheelbuilder can raise their prices and I’d still buy.
By how much?