[s-cars] Cracked OZ wheel

[Larry]

Can't you re-temper? All of my education was in steels so I don't know aluminum, but if it were steel, you'd re-temper the whole damn wheel and be GTG.

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On Apr 13, 2012, at 2:45 PM, cody at 5000tq.com wrote:

> Paging Scott J, here's somebody else for you to go off on!
> 
> 
> On a serious note, welding wheels is not a very good idea. Yeah it can work, but it has serious flaws. The metal surrounding the fix will be very very hard and therefore very very brittle. Damned good chance it will crack again soon and when it does it will be a larger, wider crack that dumps all of the air out rapidly.
> 
> -Cody
> 
> 
> Quoting Steve Mills <s.b.mills at gmail.com>:
> 
>> Take it someplace good and have them fix it- then you can put it back on
>> the car. There's a shop down near BWI airport that I believe does airplane
>> wheels on the side. They're goooooood and they can fix pretty much anything.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Folks,
>>> 
>>> I have an OZ wheel with a through crack near the outer lip of the
>>> wheel...about two inches long.
>>> 
>>> Clearly, this wheel isn't going back on my car.
>>> 
>>> So the question is...what cool things can I do with it? Coffee table and
>>> hose reel have already been suggested...
>>> 
>>> Thoughts appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Lee
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