Hairline crack on my rim

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Jeff_Seymour

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I bought new non run flat tires last week and found out a week later that one of the tires were leaking air (about 10 psi a week). They submerged the rim and tire under water and saw that it has a hairline crack on the inside of rim which is causing air to leak out of my tire. Here are the options which I came up with but I would like to know what you would do?
1. I could go to the dealer and get a new rim and then have it chromed?
2. I could see if I could find someone to weld the rim?
 
Chances are the tyre fitter damaged it by not using the correct tool to break the bead on the RFT. It has to have a different tool to anormal tyre. (watched my local guy change heads to do the job after his lad split one of my rims doing exactly this...)

Take the tyre off and you'll likley see tool marks gouging the alloy

That aside I woudl not try to weld the rim but get a new or second hand and have it refurbed/chromed
 
If you would be kind enough to tell me where this fitter is? CJ10, I could do with some new tyres tbh but they are so damn expensive, I did get an advisory notice on my mot so Im guessing I'd have no excuse if I got nicked for em 'oh I hadnt noticed' lool.

Whats this special tool I should ask if they have? I probably will get my own tyres then get them fitted by kford tyres like I did last time.

Back on topic how much of a spanner would you have to be to gauge someone elses rims to hell so as to make them leak air, and I do like those yankee lorries even tho those are quite modern :D
 
The guy I use is in my village - Shenstone. He has a unit on the local estate and runs a huge fleet of mobile vans that do all the high end tyre fitting. His father runs the next unit and service all my cars. Known them for years.

I know little about tools for this job, but when breaking the bead they switched heads that has a different shape that does not go in too deep and handles the much tighter bead. Long story but the apprentice gouged my rim before changing heads. To the garage's credit they purchased and fitted a new rimt he next day without question. I have to say it's easy for a powerful pneumatic tool to damage a soft alloy rim and you'd never se it.

PM me if you plan to come over this way and I'll set something up for you.
 
I fixed the hairline crack in my rim. I got one of those cans that you use to fix a flat tire. And even though the tire didn't have a hole, the stuff sealed the hairline crack I had on the rim. So for now the warning light for low air pressure is not going on anymore. I saved over $700.00 which the dealer was going to charge me on replacing the rim and having the rim chromed. If the crack gets worse then I will replace the rim but for now I am very happy to have saved money and fixed it myself. :rofl:
 
This guy is one of the best in the UK, he does work for all the major 'up market' dealers, he may be a bit far from you but if you want perfection he's your man.

http://www.renowheel.co.uk/wheels.html

Regards,

Soj

EDIT :-

1, didn't notice that you'd fixed it

2, Didn't realise you were in the US!!! LOL :rofl:
 
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