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Why do you heat a metal rim before fitting it to a wheel ?
Asked by stalin,
04 Oct '12 04:19 pm
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By heating, the rim expands and fits easily over a slightly bigger radius than that of the rim. On being cooled it contracts and has a firm grip on the wheel
Answered by rajnikant raiyarela, 04 Oct '12 04:28 pm
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By heating, the rim expands and fits easily over a slightly bigger radius than that of the rim. On being cooled it
contracts and has a firm grip on the wheel.
Answered by anil garg, 04 Oct '12 05:21 pm
contracts and has a firm grip on the wheel.
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Rim expands on heating ...go easily on wheel and then shrinks fit on cooling
Answered by PARTHA PATHAK, 04 Oct '12 04:23 pm
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