Technical Is this cracked rim savable/useable?

No fiberglass handle on this one. Just a chunk o' pipe!

 

It won't go to waste, & as mentioned, plenty of room for another unique piece of yard art!

 

On the tire machine line, I worked at a small garage in high school and it was all manual, no air****ist. Only way I knew. Years later, another buddy opened his own shop, and he had the "new" air****ist machine; what a difference!

 

Flux core aluminum rod? That guy used to weld pipe at a nuclear power plant Do they sell those broke rims on Ebay?
I think those are the same guys that build AK47s out of old re-fried bean cans

 

That should balance out nicely....
How the hell do their white clothes stay so clean?
These are the same people your health insurance company outsources your benefits coordination to.

 

At least my handle won’t get rusty

 

My old Coats, uses air to break the bottom and top bead, the rest is grunt work with the bar.
When I was younger, I could get a tire off the wheel in one spot, now I gotta circle that thing!

 

You polish the head of that thing before you get it anywhere near an alloy rim.

 

In a static display would be the only place I could see a use for it

 

I had a ‘48 F1 and it had wide reversed chromed wheels on it. Started getting a vibration, got to shaking so bad I couldn’t drive it. Just about every lug hole was cracked and some cracks went up and out of the caps I had on it.
Being 16/17 at the time, only took me a month to figure out

 

I still have that hammer and a bunch of irons. I was a helper on a truck tire rig for a few summers... oof it was hot. Garbage and diaper service trucks... were a treat . One hot day, we had a blood drive at the facility... so most of us gave and went back to work in 95 degree heat. A car was dropped off for 5 tires on an MG... wire wheels AND tubes. Hand mount 101... I'm lucky to have lived. We drank extraordinary volumes of water and beer all day. Go home after, grab a cool shower and a power nap... time to hit the streets and bars, good times.

 

Mine has a fiberglass handle, I have changed a few truck tires at home for good friends.

 

Not the same I know, but I found a cracked wheel on my '63 a week ago. A steel 14 inch wheel from an 82 (approx) Crown Vic. they fit on the hub I run. Any way those wheels are a little bit hard to find these days. I could have welded it but a thousand mile (or there abouts) trip happening this week, (500 miles in already) I found a correct wheel and painted it and put the tire on. I feel good about driving it at any speed, I would not have with a welded wheel.

 

Hello,

When American Racing Equipment 5 Spoke Wheels came out for drag racing builds, everyone wanted a set for their cars. But it wasn’t for daily street use and we had to wait for something else to come our way. When they did come on the market for daily street usage on all cars, then people started their buying spree and great looks that sill are fine, today.

But, over the short time we wanted to get some 5 spoke wheels, they were expensive and we had to wait until our accounts were a lot higher in savings. But, now, there were a lot of the 5 spoke wheels on the used market during the changes to custom wheels for custom cars/hot rods/drag race cars. So, if one wanted to buy a used wheel, the magazines did articles on why that was not a great idea.

Testing of used wheels was mandatory if you wanted to make sure your used wheels were not cracked or showing signs of failure in the odd places. Curbs, center dividers on left/right turns were not friends to the fragile magnesium, then aluminum wheels. So, what was a guy/girl to do for low cost wheels?

The term Magnaflux Process was available from various businesses and they were recommended for all testing metal failures. It has advanced to today’s products, but back then, to be extra sure your investment in 4 wheels was going to last and not break in the most oddball times.

Jnaki

So, what was a young hot rodder supposed to do for his want of a set of 5 spoke wheels? The safest bet was to go to a certified hot rod shop or accessory shop like Reath Automotive or Moon Equipment to buy a set of new wheels. Not to shop the used market, but get your own set of new wheels.

It was worth the wait and safety****urances that the new wheel was not fractured and was going to last for quite some time, unless it loses a battle against the “curb patrol” in various parking lots or turning on curb divided streets.

Get rid of those cracked rims and get a new set, if that is what your style for your hot rod requires. Tires/rims are valuable for safety and road handling. It is not something you want to make the lowest cost/used product on your daily driver. YRMV