I have a pair of 40 spoke rims that I'm looking to powdercoat the lip and the hub. I am thinkning of taking of the spokes myself. Is this job possible or should I just cover the spokes with tape and reseal. Thanks.

 

I recently did this with my 06 Dyna I changed from the stock 19" front rim to a 21" 40 spoked rim. I tore it down and powdercoated the rim, hub and spokes. Then I relaced the rim following the procedure from the tech. manual. The process wasn't that difficult but does take some patience. I put some painters masking tape around the outside of the rim to help make sure I didn't scratch the new powdercoating with the spokes. I don't have a trueing stand so after I got the rim assembled and as true as I could get it by eye, I took it to a local bike shop who trued it and mounted the new tire for me for about $30.00. I am very happy wih the results and it does give a sense of pride saying that I did most of the work.

 

Thanks bro I appreciate it. I'm just curious is iwhat tools did you use to delace the rims without damaging the spokes. Also how hard was it putting it back together. Thanks

 

Sorry havnt been active here. I used a flat tip screw driver and a T-handle hex wrench(don't remember the size) From inside the rim on Some stubborn ones I used a small 4" adjustable wrench. Make sure you follow the manual for the wheel and hub you have I had to start over one time as I followed the illustration For the wrong hub very frustrating at the time and it wasnt until the last few spokes that I noticed the problem.