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Does anyone know how to take off the steel chrome plated spoke ring from the rear hub (spoked wire wheel) ??Is it an interference fit or is there a screw fixing hidden in it somewhere to release it??
Need to get it off to get rechromed

I think it is interference/press fit

These are impossible to remove. I have tried heat, freezing - nothing will budge them. You could clean it up a and spray with a chrome finish.

I tried replating one of these last year
but could not succesfuly mask the alloy part of the hub.

they can be removed but it is not a DIY job i had one removed years ago by a local engineering company who specialised in manufacturing old British bike crankshafts. they removed it with the use of a 50 ton press. they had to make a support to fit on the inside of the hub so the the chrome ring was supported then the hub was pressed through the chrome ring

z1bman wrote:they can be removed but it is not a DIY job i had one removed years ago by a local engineering company who specialised in manufacturing old British bike crankshafts. they removed it with the use of a 50 ton press. they had to make a support to fit on the inside of the hub so the the chrome ring was supported then the hub was pressed through the chrome ring

Definitely not a DIY job !!!!! Cheers z1bman, i'll ask a mate who works in an engineering shop, see if they can do it

I thought as AdrianH did..... That the chrome piece could not be separated...
One of my many bad decisions! I was proved wrong! Z1Bman's 50 ton press is probably the answer!
RegardZ

yeh iv recently tryed to remove one in the end up i powder coated it with chrome silver ! looked well smart