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Bent two of my Apex Arc 8s..at the wheel doctor now..

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Bent two of my Apex Arc 8s..at the wheel doctor now..

Post by B21 » Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:05 am

Coming back from first serious potter with CherryM I ran into a submerged pot hole with an all mighty bang on Sunday…

Limped home and after taking the front wheel off discovered dent in inside rim..what a 326M would have done in the situation who knows..

I’m down at a wheel doctor https://www.alloyfix.co.uk/ in Newcastle seeing if he can true them out…

Took the rear off just in case, turns out it’s even worse dent…
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Bent two of my Apex Arc 8s..at the wheel doctor now..

Post by Worcester_spoon » Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:12 am

Ouch. Fingers crossed it hasn't fubared any of your suspension, but I suspect geometry might be out now?
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Post by B21 » Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:07 pm

Worcester_spoon wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:12 am Ouch. Fingers crossed it hasn't fubared any of your suspension, but I suspect geometry might be out now?
Good point…I’ll check..my exotic alignment guy is some distance away ..but I’ll bring that forward as he’ll be fitting my uprated RTABs etc :thumbsup:
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Bent two of my Apex Arc 8s..at the wheel doctor now..

Post by B21 » Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:10 pm

Wheel doctor diagnosed both front and rear badly bent..rear worse..managed to true them out ok..

£120 for a pair

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Before and after …

FWIW he says biggest issue is raised speed humps going over with both wheels..places massive load on inside edge which bends because it’s unsupported… :tumbleweed:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:03 pm

Ouch. :o

Lucky you checked the rear wheel as well, and I'm glad you've got them both round again. :thumbsup:

I hope your route for next week doesn't include that road!
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Post by B21 » Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:19 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:03 pm Ouch. :o

Lucky you checked the rear wheel as well, and I'm glad you've got them both round again. :thumbsup:

I hope your route for next week doesn't include that road!
I just assumed the front wheel was a goner..but then thought the rear wheel followed the same track..glad I checked..

1,000 miles plus next week vibrating and oscillating away wouldn’t have been good…

I’ve made a mental note on that pothole…it’s a bad stretch of road frequented by many logging lorries..lesson learnt… :tumbleweed:
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