How To Polish A Steer Wheel On The Truck | The Complete Process.
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- A start to finish video of polishing a steer wheel on the truck. Including jacking uo the truck and polishing the holes in the wheel.
2 step process using a brown cut Tripoli and a green color bar.
Thanks for putting this info out there for everyone to learn. Nice work.
great learning thank you
What? No comments? Great work
Haha
I am so thankful you went back for the front edge of that valve stem. My OCD was going crazy
I know how you can get those lug nuts really amazing-looking too: knock off the rust with a flat brass brush wheel using the Dremel, then make a simple zinc anodizing tub using a zinc plate from eBay and a USB charger or battery for electricity. You suspend the lug nuts under the surface of the liquid with bailing wire, all together, for between a few minutes and a few hours. This is all super cheap so far, the zinc bar is like $5 and you can use whatever charger you have laying around the house, it doesn't have to be the perfect voltage. When you pull out the nuts they are flat, battleship grey. But then you simply hit them with a medium-fine steel wool and they brighten up VERY quickly and easily, to almost a mirror shine. The beauty of using zinc is that it's super rust-proof, and it coats a very fine layer of zinc down into the threads too, so the whole lug nut will not rust for quite some time after this treatment. Zinc stays shiny for a long time too because it doesn't react with oxygen in the air very quickly. Probably at the same rate that the aluminum will oxidize, I'd say. This process is called anodizing or also it's called electro-plating. I swear it's simple and easy. There are very expensive kits out there to do this same exact thing, and the reason they're so expensive is that you come out with a mirror finish right out of the tub, not battleship grey. So that saves you time polishing/finishing. But the simple DIY method works amazing too you just have to hit it with some steel wool, either by hand or feed some of that steel wool around a dremel/die grinder bit to work faster. Oh: you can do the same thing using a nickel cathode/nickel ribbon from eBay (maybe $10) and now you have a nickel finish! Nickel is even more durable and slower to corrode, but the end result isn't quite as bright and mirror-like as polished zinc is.
Nice & complete explanation of your process. Showed the ins & outs of polishing. Please list all tools, pads& polish list for people know what to buy.
Great job, love these videos! Keep em comin. 🤙🏼
Thank you Austin
Amazing work as always
Immaculate work great job. !!
One of the best explained video.
When polishing can you tell when the compound has ran out? Also would the buffer wheel scratch the wheel if you do run out of compound? Thanks great video🫡
Bro, how to slow down the oxidation process of aluminum and keep the shine? And how long in your practice does a shiny surface last after polishing?
Eres un maestro 👏👏👏👏🇦🇷
Hard work
Amen
Great technique! Do you work better with the wheel mounted or off the truck? I think tire gloss will make it look so good. Great videos!
On the truck is much faster
nice job
Thank you Ron
Nice work 🎉 is that a variation speed makita u used to color?
what's your experience with amazon 2 for $20 airway buffs? junk or good?
Cerakote has a clear coat sealant that's used over polished aluminum so all but basically never mess with it again cause it's perfect...
The clear coat is chipping away on my aluminum wheels and I'm hesitant to sand the rest off. I'd like to know what people do in this situation?
I noticed before you started cutting there were like scratch marks on the wheel why am I seeing those on my wheels? And how can I take them out?
The scratches on these wheekscwere from corn stalks. But way to remove them is to polish them out using this process
What if I am seeing those scratches after i do this process and even worse scratches
What to charge for polishing semi wheels and charge for sand tanks and polish
Where u located
greetings friend, what speed do we use in the polisher with the white disc and green compound
Where did u get ur grinder and orange pad from? Does home depot or harbor freight carry that stuff?
Where'd you get those polishing wheel/buffing wheel from? And is that a regular angle grinder or what is that tool called?
I have school busses that have Alcoa alum wheels. I thought they were clear coated but they are getting very dull. Is the polishing steps the same?
Assuming they're not durabrights. Check the wheel stamp on the lip of one of the drives. As long as you don't see the letters DB after the model number you should be fine. If they are durabrights, you would have to remove the clear coat from the wheels.
What model makita do you use?
I use both the GA7021 (6000rpm grinder) and the 9227c (variable speed polisher)
@@summershine_7702 awesome thank you! Curious what your wheel jig setup looks like. I was going to make one using actual hubs but yours is way more versatile. .
Awsome finish! Use a jack stand. Don't put that stress on your hydraulic jack for that long of time. You and the truck are safe if the hydraulic jack fails, but it will require the replacement of a hydraulic jack and a new pair of underwear!
I like to wash the wheel then just spray on floor wax give it a wipe and take the money and run 🤣