Jon48 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Hi, looking for some advice. My trials bike was damaged in a fire. Both tyres burnt about 1/4. Does anybody know if the heat will have affected the strength in the rims and spokes? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section swept Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Assuming no fire extinguisher was played directly onto the wheel rims e.g. sudden cooling by water, then the rims may well still be serviceable. Make sure the hub bearing seals haven’t been scorched. Get some Astonish plastic window frame cream cleaner to gently remove heat marks if anodised rims, otherwise normal cleaning polish for alloy finish. If you have steel rims the heat will not have done much apart from discolouring the chrome which can usually be got back again with normal cleaning methods. Be very careful as some rubber when heated can produce a nasty substance that will eat your skin, bone and the only way to get it off is cutting the skin off. Burned out cars are a nightmare for the fire service and others such as recovery etc. It’s the door seals and the like so you might just want to wear gloves and dispose of the tyres with thought.??♂️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon48 Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Thanks for the info section swept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotors7 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, section swept said: Assuming no fire extinguisher was played directly onto the wheel rims e.g. sudden cooling by water, then the rims may well still be serviceable. Make sure the hub bearing seals haven’t been scorched. Get some Astonish plastic window frame cream cleaner to gently remove heat marks if anodised rims, otherwise normal cleaning polish for alloy finish. If you have steel rims the heat will not have done much apart from discolouring the chrome which can usually be got back again with normal cleaning methods. Be very careful as some rubber when heated can produce a nasty substance that will eat your skin, bone and the only way to get it off is cutting the skin off. Burned out cars are a nightmare for the fire service and others such as recovery etc. It’s the door seals and the like so you might just want to wear gloves and dispose of the tyres with thought.??♂️ A very good point, it includes o rings too. You'd think more folk would be aware of this, I always made sure I wore gloves and double checked the leather before putting them back in my pocket after a car fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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