Straightening bent rims

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Raffi)]

I'm thinking of straightening my tear drops on my POS Jetta... what hammer 
do you recommend?
-RGK-

At 01:28 PM 7/15/2004, John K. Gates wrote:
> > > why is everyone set on going to a wheel repair place?
> > > all you really need is a dead blow hammer and some method of spinning
> > > the wheel to check for trueness. i use a portion of a rear axle beam
> > > with rearrotor installed. the rotor gives me some leverage if a wheel
> > > is VERY bent and i need to slip a jack between the rotor edge and
> > > wheel lip.
> > > Al
>
> > As much fun as I used to have trying to true my road bike wheels, I
> > think I will leave that to someone with more expertise....
>
>I too have tried to true road bike wheels and see the point, but there are
>a whole lot less variables here; you don't have 32 or however many spokes
>each exerting its own force, just a solid piece of alloy.  With enough
>force you should be able to get it pretty close with what he's talking
>about.
>
>I know I've straightened steel wheels pretty close with a BFH for my snow
>tires and have gotten them just fine even though they're more "springy"
>than alloy..
>
>John K. Gates
>--
>'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
>'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
>teardown/buildup sometime soon...
>
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