Today I’ll show how to fix a bent wheel with some fire, bottle jack, socket, and sanding block. Then I’ll fix the remaining curb rash with a file and sand paper.
Products used:
MAP torch w/ trigger start:
12 Ton bottle jack:
Rubber 8″ sanding block:
Variety pack of sand paper:
File:
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Heat is very important
It might be helpful to make a template for the repair area using a good part of the wheel or from one of the other Wheels
Draw file
Out of all the vids on DIY rim repair I've watched this looks like the best method and nicest job so far!! No smacking the crap out of your rim with a big hammer!! Well done!! Looks very doable for the average person at home with a few basic tools. Thank you for posting.
Does the strength of the bottle jack make a difference
Where can I buy that half round platform the jack is sitting on
Very resourceful! Couple of thoughts I had; That big socket is going to pull a lot of heat out of that rim, I would suggest heating up the socket to maybe a little higher temperature than the rim. My instinct tells me that leaving the rim pushed out with the bottle jack still positioned to apply force, one could continue the heat up/cool down cycles as time allowed. I would think with each heating phase, some additional metal molecules would become free enough to align better within its crystalline structure in response to the tremendous force being applied by the jack then during cool-down, the molecules might lock in that orientation, and with each heat up cycle, more and more molecules would lose the remainder of their tendency to return to their original alignment. This would retain the ‘new’ (but actually the original)“bend profile” better and for a longer time I would think, and possibly minimize the collateral damage to the rest of the rim.
I need to try this on a steel rim
These appears to be short clips of a man repairing an aluminum wheel in between your ads
to fine tune out the dent you should get a little dial indicator and make a device so you can spin the wheel like a hub assembly from junkyard then you can spin the wheel and see where you have dents by looking at dial indicator,then make sure it has under .005" + – runout