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    Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    Anyone else had this happen? Had these on my car for nearly 4 years, but they have got progressively worse through periodic wheels removal and refitting. I think there must have been paint under the washers to start with, although I bought them used and, although in very nice condition, they did have signs of this happening already.
    Can anyone recommend a place to get these refurbished, to sort this out? Rough and ready bodywork i can live with, but bizarely this sort of thing I don't like

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    Re: Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    Yes just the edges always seem to go
    The newer ones have more of a radius that seems to stop it happening
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    Re: Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    When you put them back on make sure you use a thin wall socket that does not hit the paint when you tighten up the nuts. Mine were damaged in the same way by using a very thick walled socket on a torque driver.

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    Re: Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    Quote Originally Posted by chris_reade View Post
    When you put them back on make sure you use a thin wall socket that does not hit the paint when you tighten up the nuts. Mine were damaged in the same way by using a very thick walled socket on a torque driver.
    I refurbed mine and used plastikote paint which seems very good. As above i am very careful when tightening up the nuts. Make sure the washers are seated correctly and fit snugly in the recess before tightening by hand.

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    Re: Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    If the edges of the counterbore are sharp, try rounding them off a little. Paint soon wears off sharp edges.

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    Re: Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    Thanks for the advice fellas. I am glad I am not the only one who's had this misfortune.
    Over the weekend I had a closer look, cleaned the edges up and swapped the nuts over for some different, Revolution specific ones. I don't think the nuts and washers I had been using were the quite right for these wheels, and are probably partly to blame.

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    Revolution 4 spoke wheels cracked paint around nuts??

    Tbh on the pics they do look a bit damaged. Revolutions use a flat washer. So the surface should be nice and smooth.


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