Long story short I’m trying to salvage the pulleys from the original boosted v1 wheels, and can’t manage to unscrew it (the metal tubes just twist in place).
I took a Dremel and a hammer to one wheels with little success, so I’m looking for other methods.
Are there any solvents for urethane / the wheel core that would leave me with the metal pulleys? I don’t feel like coughing up $100+ for those aftermarket hdt3m pulleys…
Urethane kinda sorta melts in the oven, but it gets fumey.
And by melts, I mean it gets gooey, but it doesn’t really flow. But it would probably be enough to get that part off.
If I remember correctly, it didn’t take much over 300F to get things going with it, and that should be low enough not to mess with the structure of the metal I think.
As for solvents, no. Nothing really there for that.
you can get it soften with heat regardless of thermoplastic or thermoset and then possibly rip it apart. at like 160f itll probably start to lose its physical properties.
Put on your red velour smoking jacket over your fancy dress shirt and pants, and grab a copy of the new york times. Toss the wheel into the fireplace and clip the end from your hand rolled cigar. Sip a perfectly aged bourbon and puff your cigar while you read some very interesting articles by the fire. Pour yourself another drink, enjoy the rest of the cigar, then smash the wheel apart with the fire poker and have Jeeves put it on a silver platter to cool.
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