Polishing Wheel Outer Hub

[aircooled]

Working on getting my wheels ready. Inter hub and axle are done. Is the a preferred way to prep the outer hub of the wheel?

 

[Quicktimederby]

I use a q-tip end in a drill. The cotton fluffy part.

 

[quadad]

I am thinking about this for my one and only set of Eliminator wheels. My past experience makes me want to chuck the outside of the wheel hubs (by hand only) in my drill and then polish the opposite hub outer surface to a very high level. A good friend taught me to do this with a small drill laying on its side. That gives you good vision as to what you are doing. Haven't done it on these wheels yet though.

Do you guys think it will work with the Eliminator wheels, or might I 'eliminate' them ?

 

[OPARENNEN]

I use a q-tip end in a drill. The cotton fluffy part.

I chuck the DFW wheel in my Dremmel at slowest speed. First I polish the outside edge the same way I do the bores (#1 then #2 or a substitute), then I put a small amount of graphite on a rag, and apply it to the same edge that rubs the rail. I don't do anything to the rears. This is for fat wheels only.

On Elim wheels, I polish the whole inside of the DFW, but paying the most attention to the outer inside edge that rides the crack (corner where horizontal and vertical track edges meet).

 

[quadad]

On Elim wheels, I polish the whole inside of the DFW, but paying the most attention to the outer inside edge that rides the crack (corner where horizontal and vertical track edges meet).

Are you also polishing the outside hub surface which the axle head rides on ? If so how ? I am just wondering about spinning the wheel or spinning the polisher during the outside surface polishing steps.

 

[OPARENNEN]

On Elim wheels, I polish the whole inside of the DFW, but paying the most attention to the outer inside edge that rides the crack (corner where horizontal and vertical track edges meet).

Are you also polishing the outside hub surface which the axle head rides on ? If so how ? I am just wondering about spinning the wheel or spinning the polisher during the outside surface polishing steps.

Yes, both hubs, inside and outside ones. I use cropped the q-tip so that holds fast to the wheel, push it thru just enough so it doesn't come out the other side, push the other end in so the oposite wheel hub is against the jaws (always buy the Jaws for the
Dremmel). I use the same two polishes, but on a rag.

 

[B_Regal Racing]

When I inspect my bores, they look wet after polishing / waxing - smooth as glass; however, they start out fairly smooth. On the other hand, the hubs (inner and outer), are turned by John to bevel the edges and remove the double step, and because of this, have"very fine grooves from the tooling. When I polish the hubs, they never seem to have the same "smooth as glass" look or have the wet appearance. They are certainly better than left unprepared, but should they have the same appearance as the bores? I do not believe a Q-Tip alone can achieve that.