Straightening bent rims

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (Larry Fry)]

Straightening steel wheels is one thing.
Cast aluminum wheels are something else entirely.
I'd leave it up to the pros.

Larry
sandiego16v


> At 03:04 PM 7/15/2004, you wrote:
> >Well, the only ones I've done are my steelies for my daily driver snow
> >tires, and I did that with a 3 pound hand sledge.  I wasn't shy with
them,
> >I figured no loss if I destroy them but they went right back 100%.
> >
> >I'd ask Allyn for details on straightening something halfway decent like
> >tear drops, he's the guy who did it on alloys.  He talked about using a
> >dead blow, that sounds a lot more appropriate for alloys.  It seems like
> >you'd at least want a piece of wood between the wheel and the hammer, and
> >that might be a little unsafe because of rebound.. (I'm Mr. Safety now
> >after I messed myself up good a couple of times)
> >
> >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...
> >
> >On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Raffi wrote:
> >
> > > 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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