Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:38:51 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:42:23 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Discovered this afternoon that I have a serious corrosion problem with
my aluminum rims on the trailer.

Thinking back on it, I think I understand what happened. Because of
the balancing weights, corrosion started to work along the bead of the
tire. Eventually, it managed to work it's way around the bead enough
so that the tire wouldn't hold air.

This is something I should have thought about as I launch in salt
water a lot. Even though I rinse the trailer very throughly after
every immersion, you can't get to all of it.

So if you have aluminum rims on your trailer tires and launch in salt
water, give your rims a very detailed inspection. If you see corrorion
around the rim at any point, chances are you are starting down the
same path I did and need to take care of it.

At the moment, I'm considering galvanized rims (which will really ruin
the looks of the trailer), but I don't see that I have a choice if I
continue to launch in salt water.

Grrrrr....

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Well, you could have one set of rims and tires for show, and another for
go.

The manufacturer of my aluminum trailer offers aluminum rims, as do many
other trailer makers. I went with good old galvanized steel.

How about some Full Moons over the new galvanized rims? Or...Baby Moons?

Just the touch needed to class up that designer Ranger!
Bby moons are so yesterday...

Spinners baby, spinners...
They are really Sprewells. He is the original designer. Good to know about
the aluminum rims. Was thinking of putting a set on my trailer. Is a tool
to get the boat to water, but nice to have good looking tools.

To tell the truth, I should have realized it much earlier as the rims
started to get crusty around the edges. Never occurred to me that the
crud would creep past the point there the bead sets against the rim.

Now I have a problem because I have Cool Hubs (oil filled bearings)
and need to find a rim that will fit around the oil reservoir.

Will you need 4 or 2 new rims? 4 is a double suck.

If you put Spinners on that trailer, make sure you drive around the
Dairy Queen a number of times to impress the ladies.