Rebuild and customize your dirt bike wheels for cheap $$$

[@johnharding2912]

Little tip for blasting the wheels. I use a cheap 2 man tent. Catches all the media at the bottom and keeps the mess contained. Handy for the odd frame and wheels that won't fit in the cabinet. I love your oven extender by the way. Nice job

[@racecardriver5776]

For the spokes I normally use vise grips chuck them in an ultrasonic cleaner 15-20 minutes later scotchbright pad and they look brand new. Seems like a bit of work but really not that bad.

[@Weizboy]

You put a lot of work and I can see how much you care about detail. You are clever solving. This was a wonderful video. It could be as much a video for powder coating than just rims. Great job and thanks!

[@northernmx5973]

Hey everyone, so.. it's a bit of a long one so I've time stamped the steps in case you want to skip around 😎 Tire removal 00:43 Sprocket and rotor removal 1:11 Old spokes removal 1:56 Bearing removal 13:40 Hubs prepped for powder coating 18:21 Powder coating the hubs and spoke nipples 19:10 Rims prepped for powder coating 29:52 Powder coating the rims 35:10 Bearing installation 38:42 Lacing the rear wheel up 45:07 Truing the rear wheel 55:12 Lacing the front wheel 1:00:38 Truing the front wheel 1:01:49 The transformation 1:05:49

[@TwistedTriggerEnduro]

Appreciate the detailed breakdown. Saving money and customizing the bike is a win win!! 🔥💪

[@northernmx5973]

Yes especially since a lot of parts are in short supply right now

[@Review-This]

Love your channel. My CRF 110 has the ace front shock with the disc conversion kit and my front wheel is black it looks really good but now I need to paint my rear rim black to match. Lol.

[@damianfox9146]

Thanks man! I have been longing to get black wheels!

[@peterlindfors1066]

Thanks for this video, it helped me alot. However, I don’t understand why you would torque all the spokes/nipples to the same torque after truing the wheel. Don’t you mess all the truing work up then or are the adjustments minor with the torque wrench? :)

[@northernmx5973]

Thanks! Yes sometimes you can mess up the true a bit but that's just a general torque I use sometimes it may have to be tweeked a bit

[@norberttoszo5454]

When you tighten the screws with a torque wrench, every third screw or maybe one at a time?

[@Motor-City_Ben-Diesel]

Awesome video! Really appreciate the effort you made by throughly covering all steps of this prowess Thoughts on cerakote vs powder coating? I’m assuming powder coating the rims might be better. Cerakoting smaller parts like the hubs and other parts of the bike seems like it would be easier than powder coating if you don’t have a powder coater. Also after you removed the bearings if the hubs you didn’t haven’t to cover the holes on the hubs when powder coating? I’m assuming you don’t want to get a layer of power coat inside where the bearings sit. Since it adds some thickness or is this a non issue.

[@northernmx5973]

Hey thanks for the kind words and questions. I would definitely recommend powder coating because it's easier to set up in the way that you don't have to mix anything and you can just blow the powder off after pre oven application if anything doesn’t look right. Cerakote is a better option if you’re working with really tight tolerances and high heat which is why it is commonly used on firearms but for dirt bike wheels power coat works fine. And I did tape off the bearing bores when I coated them cause powder coat is too thick and will jam the new bearings on installation.

[@alexeydon6022]

Nice video. I’ve been considering something similar. What are your thoughts on hard anodising these parts instead of powder coat, either process would be something that I would have to send the parts away for, I would just strip and rebuild.

[@northernmx5973]

Thanks! If I had the options I would definitely get the spoke nipples anodized as the powder coat gets a little gnarled up in the truing process but I'm definitely happy with the way the rim and hubs turn out in powder coat

[@KevDoesStuff]

if your front spokes are different lengths (2 differnt ) how can i determine what spoke goes where if i were stupid and didnt realize it when i took it apart? lol WR250R

[@Motor-City_Ben-Diesel]

Recommend quality replacement spoke?

[@northernmx5973]

OEM, TUSK or MOOSE are all good

[@greatfallskam]

Anyway to fix some rust on the spoke nipples ( inside ) on my KTM 690 Endur R wheels? Not sure how water got inside. Perhaps from washing bike. Do you think I can spray WD40 from outside base of spoke into wheel? Thanks. Kam

[@northernmx5973]

WD40 might work but taking the wheel apart and cleaning the spokes and nipples will have the best results

[@yzreek2802]

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[@Movietv655]

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[@Movietv655]

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