Bruh, that might get you home but you better believe that is no solution. The crack will continue under stress for sure. That rim needs the tire removed, stop drill the crack, weld, grind, polish and treat the bead area. If any of you want to use the the JB weld, make sure scuff the hell out of the surface for better adhesion.
According to my tire place I have the same issue. I have not yet pulled the wheel and found it for myself but if it resembles this I will do similar, but I think I like the two part JB Weld (two tubes, squeeze and mix). I think it's holding power will be superior. Also, one way to prevent a crack from continuing is to drill a small hole at the end of the crack. I have seen this method in light aircraft. I think a tiny drill hole maybe 3/32" at the end of a crack might stop it. The JB Weld seals. Hold my beer.
Repair cost in Atlanta $225 first crack $50 each additional. I tried jb weld and it’s hard to get to cover the crack completely with tire still on. So I’m gonna now put fix a flat in it to seal rest of the small leak. 🤞someone said put a thick plastic bag between tire and rim to stop the leak. Fix a flat will ruin my air pressure sensor. So I’m still hesitant.
Couldn't you just balance it by putting The same amount of JB weld directly across on the other side just a thought I figure it would be more balanced then just being on one initial side
Just incase anyone is interested. I just had a crack in the same spot on a Advan Gt forged rim. Was 210 bucks to fix by a professional shop. It's welded, repained and balanced with tire.. spend the money. You only get one life and for a cheap rim it's not worth doing it hack. But his method will at least get you home if it's not holding air.
I think other way to do it would be to take the tire off, sand it a bit and put chemical metal epoxy on both sides of the crack, then sand and paint it again. Thats a whole lot of more effort though :D
Never bothered repairing small cracks in any of my alloys. Never leak and have never worsened. The tyre around the alloy forms a complete solid mass. I'd be more concerned in a buckle.
This is obviously to get u through if u struggling with some funds and that jb weld ain’t gonna throw it off balance that much won’t even notice the difference 🤣😂🤣🤦🏽♂️
I'm a wheel repairer and we tig weld wheels every day, which adds far more weight than this temporary repair and they balance up fine some wheels needing as little as 10 grams to balance perfect and most of them don't require that much more weight to balance to zero than a wheel without a weld. And at the end of the day the majority of the imbalance that ur balancing out lies within the tyre.
@@DavetheRaveDinkum But how secure are those rims after welded? The reason I asked if because there's always a risk you're taking. And another question: Why can you just weld the rim as is instead of drilling a hole and cutting through the crack with a grinder?
