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Dented Wheel 07 Norge

GordonF

GordonF

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A couple of weeks ago I hit "something" in the street and now have a little dent in the front wheel.

It's holding air OK but what experience is there out there with dents. If I replace it, what are the pitfalls to avoid. Any comments on bearing and rotor installation?

Gordon Flygare
Norman OK
 
depending on how it was dented, it might be able to repaired.. I had an Audi Rim that was bent pretty good and they repaired it (heated and formed it I think) and re-powder coated it and you couldn't tell at all and it balanced perfectly. I think I paid like $150 or something in the early 2000's

Look into "motorcycle rim repair" first.
 
I hit something hard and heavy that dented my G11 front rim so bad I thought it was beyond repair but found a company that fixed it. They didn't even damage the paint work and it was difficult to see where the damage had been afterwards.

I must emphasise that they are experts who as well as doing work like this they manufacture jigs etc used by the rest of the industry for straightening frames, wheels etc.

Here's a pic of what they fixed.

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pete roper said:
I'm not a metalurgist. Neither did I know how it was treated. But I wouldn't trust my life to it.

Pete
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Yes Pete, I was extremely sceptical about it myself. I only agreed to the repair when I had checked out the company's reputation thoroughly and discovered that many UK insurance companies use them for that type of work. I believe they warm the wheel & press it back into shape. Never the less I kept looking for a replacement wheel right up until the bike got written off a few of months later.

That was a rear end shunt courtesy of a blind bimbo not looking where she was going. What was scary about that was that the bike then appeared on ebay unrepaired with a description of how wonderful it was, how the seller had been riding it to bike meets, how great the handling was etc etc. I phoned him and told him the truth & he was shitting himself when he discovered he had been riding round on a bike with a distorted back wheel, bent frame etc etc. He pulled the ebay advert as he claimed his business relied on selling good quality secondhand bikes! Clearly he'd fixed the obvious cosmetic damage but just hadn't bothered to look for any saftey issued. Frightening.
 
I have never had repaired an alloy motorcycle wheel but have had it done on a few autos. Always professional results and never a failure.
 
I suspect you have it fixed by now. It is definitely an easy repair and in fact I ran one for 5000 miles with a substantial dent, never lost any air. Send it away if you haven't already, its just a wheel..it can be welded, bent back into straightness or whatever it will take
 
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