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34gpa

03-11-2005 09:44:38




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Any body have any good ways to fix rims that have been hit and have flat spots. These are front rims and trying to get the right curve back.Thanks




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Bob Collins

03-12-2005 11:25:47




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 Re: bent front wheels in reply to 34gpa, 03-11-2005 09:44:38  
Depending on how badly it is bent and how perfect you want it to look will dictate your repair method, after working in an auto dealership for 31 years I'll give you the quick repair method for wheels not too badly bent. I used this way lots of times to allow me to install balance weights in the desired position. I used a 2# ball pien hammer and with the wheel laying flat on the floor used the ball end to pound the bent area back to shape. Start at each end and work toward the center. Do this only with the tire installed and inflated and ONLY if you have confidence your hammer will strike where you intend to hit. Don't try to put it all back with one hit.

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Scotmac

03-12-2005 05:15:03




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 Re: bent front wheels in reply to 34gpa, 03-11-2005 09:44:38  
If you have a race car parts shop close by, there is a tool they sell to straighten bent aluminum race car rims called "the claw". It is a bar with the notches cut in both ends to place over the lip of the rim and bend back into place. I heat the bent places in a steel rim red hot with a torch and then place this tool over the rim and simply bend back into place. It works great and leaves no "peen" marks on the rim when you are finished.

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F-I-T

03-11-2005 10:13:27




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 Re: bent front wheels in reply to 34gpa, 03-11-2005 09:44:38  
I like to select a ball peen hammer with a peening ball just the size of the radius of the lip. Then I like to lay the rim flat so the good edge is down and it bumps up against a plate. This shows me how far the lip is bent and /or how much the outer radius is out of true. Hold the rim edge firm against that good metal surface or an anvil, and then take another hammer to strike the face of the ball peen hammer which is nested in the lip radius and move around until you get the tight lip radius back in place. The outer large radius usually follows.

I've saved manb this way, but if you have a lip that is crushed, be aware that it might have a crack in it, and you might have to use heat there so as not the cold-work crack it further. I have had to repair some with Mig, then grind down and smooth out.

Frank

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