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Offline Scott S

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Powder coating wheel hubs with bearings installed?
« on: March 14, 2019, 02:57:39 AM »
 I recently saw a build where the bearings were installed in the wheels before powder coat. I always thought that the oven got too hot for rubber, plastic, etc.
 Can you powder coat hubs with the bearings in place?
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Re: Powder coating wheel hubs with bearings installed?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2019, 03:48:32 AM »
Bad idea. Maybe old dry bearings to keep coating out of the bores, but not with bearings to leave in and use.
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Re: Powder coating wheel hubs with bearings installed?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2019, 03:58:18 AM »
 Well, that's what I thought. This guy has a nice build going on,  but the bearings in before coating threw me.
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Re: Powder coating wheel hubs with bearings installed?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2019, 11:12:05 AM »
Tape the bearing races............
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Re: Powder coating wheel hubs with bearings installed?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2019, 12:06:30 PM »
 Of course. I've actually had a set of mag wheels powder coated before but they were bare. That's why I was wondering how this guy was doing it with the bearings installed.
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