Looking for a 5/8 wheel

[Goose9696]

Can someone point me in the direction of buying a chrome spike rim the size I'm looking for is 19 x1.85

[TriNortchopz]

steel or aluminum spoked rim? 36 hole? 40 hole? what hub - dirtbike? British? front or back?

[Tattooo]

steel or aluminum spoked rim? 36 hole? 40 hole? what hub - dirtbike? British? front or back?

Come on now you should be able to read his mind by now...........

[TriNortchopz]

Come on now you should be able to read his mind by now...........

Not yet, his first post...

[Tattooo]

Not yet, his first post...

I was talking about anyone that ask a vague at best question.........

[Goose9696]

Aluminum and preferably 40 spoke and front tire

[Tattooo]

Aluminum and preferably 40 spoke and front tire

Ok I'll guess what kind of bike?????? Is it for a Honda?????

[Goose9696]

Well no it's ironhead setup I got going on and my girder is 5/8 so I'm looking for a nice chrome rim to throw on it

[Tattooo]

Well no it's ironhead setup I got going on and my girder is 5/8 so I'm looking for a nice chrome rim to throw on it

I thought you wanted an aluminum wheel???????

Aluminum and preferably 40 spoke and front tire

[Goose9696]

Aluminum can't be chrome ? Well I guess steel then since that can be chrome

[Tattooo]

Aluminum can't be chrome ? Well I guess steel then since that can be chrome

LOL That's funny..... Sure aluminum can be chromed...... You do know Aluminum is a color right??????????

[TriNortchopz]

need to see a pic of the girder; do you know who made it? oh.. and the wheel ya got now; can you just swap bearings to fit the 5/8" axle?

[JBinNC]

For a quick, cheap solution (but with a slightly wider rim) you could use any '00 - up HD narrow glide, ball bearing wheel, with adapter sleeves for the ID of the bearings.

Jim

[Goose9696]

[Goose9696]

So I can get a 3/4 wheel and swap out the bearings ? And I was told the girder was made by p&p

[Tattooo]

^^^^^^ That's a damn nice looking frame....... ^^^^^^^^^^^

[JBinNC]

So I can get a 3/4 wheel and swap out the bearings ? And I was told the girder was made by p&p

Not necessarily. There are a wide variety of ball bearings available, but most ball bearings are metric sized, and don't fit an inch sized axle. The HD ball bearings used in their wheels are proprietary. Making sleeves to adapt a 3/4 wheel to a 5/8 axle is easy.

Jim

[Goose9696]

Any videos on YouTube that can show me the process ? And thanks for the info Jim

[Goose9696]

I realized in the chopper market if someone gets it before you, you're screw so I had to pull the trigger on this one

[TriNortchopz]

So I can get a 3/4 wheel and swap out the bearings ? And I was told the girder was made by p&p

Yup, that is a P&P girder, has built-in zero or 10 degree rake option.






I find deep groove metric ball bearings with 3/4" ID and 5/8 ID easily for springer and girder swaps, so don't worry much about adapting whatever wheel ya got, or get, to fit a 5/8" axle - one example: 6203-2RS-5/8" Sealed Ball Bearing 0.625" x 40mm x 12mm, $10; https://www.bearingscanada.com/6203-...-id-5-8401.htm
You can even go 16mm ID = 0.6299" with a 16mm axle if the axle holes in the girder are pounded a bit from use. I did that for my brand new Jammer springer to make the axle a tight fit in the rockers, then threaded the ends of the axle to 5/8 UNF threads.