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blazinzuk

blazinzuk

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So when you get new tires ( mil surplus so new to me)



And you fix your trailer wiring a way it shouldn't get ripped off




Well that's getting to be a pretty good day. A really good day as I haven't driven the Jimmy in over a month cause it needed tires.

Well this kind of ruined my very good day.



Yep just popped that peice off it shattered too can't find a large peice but several bits of small chunks. It might still hold air but I am worried about the wheel overall.

Time to go see what else I have to sell.

It sucks being down to one car.
 
It will probably still hold air okay, but keep your pressure up. It probably isn't a help, but I do have a set of wheels and tires (stock size) off my Blazer that are in good shape that I'm not using.
 
Bummer, man. I'm down a rig this week, too, as the Suburban's 700R4 has decided to stop shifting properly. :doah:

Anything we can do to help? I can't reasonably ship you another rim. :dunno:

Wish you were closer...
 
Oh man that sucks! I highly recommend not using that rim anymore.

Reason being is its aluminum. It may work fine and hold air but that small broken section can turn into much more. If its cast then i definitely wouldn't run it as there more prone to fractures compared to forged/machined wheels.
 
good welder with tig can build that back up and then you grind / profile it down .

seen worse fixed on atv/ dirtbike engines were the chain went slack and busted in to the engine case.
 
wetoolowdingbangow said:
Oh man that sucks! I highly recommend not using that rim anymore.

Reason being is its aluminum. It may work fine and hold air but that small broken section can turn into much more. If its cast then i definitely wouldn't run it as there more prone to fractures compared to forged/machined wheels.
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Yep I know but right now this rig needs to be on the road.

sweetk30 said:
good welder with tig can build that back up and then you grind / profile it down .

seen worse fixed on atv/ dirtbike engines were the chain went slack and busted in to the engine case.
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Heading to a buddies house tomorrow to do just that.

I am gonna be picking up a set of h1 rims soon. So these rims need to make it through this winter. Buy one center a month and hopefully one run flat a month. Just gotta move some stuff around on the ol budget and hope I get a 100 or so for Christmas.
 
blazinzuk said:
I am gonna be picking up a set of h1 rims soon. So these rims need to make it through this winter. Buy one center a month and hopefully one run flat a month. Just gotta move some stuff around on the ol budget and hope I get a 100 or so for Christmas.
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Good thing I'm a klepto....... Did I mention there are 5 H1s here? :D
 
sweetk30 said:
good welder with tig can build that back up and then you grind / profile it down .

seen worse fixed on atv/ dirtbike engines were the chain went slack and busted in to the engine case.
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That rim is unrepairable...cast aluminum is too brittle to deal with the heat of welding without cracking further. All it's good for is whatever you can get for it at the scrapyard.
 
tRustyK5 said:
That rim is unrepairable...cast aluminum is too brittle to deal with the heat of welding without cracking further. All it's good for is whatever you can get for it at the scrapyard.
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Sorry but you're 100% wrong. We repair cracked casted rims day in and day out at work. Machine shops repair cast heads, we do skegs on outboards too.

Aluminum cast doesn't not have the same detriments as iron.
 
While it's not perfect the repair really doesn't hold much.

I'm still gonna be replacing things and we waited a couple hours to look for cracks. Couldn't see any. I will keep a very close eye on it though.



No air leakage at 35 psi. Just slowly built up the weld. Thought I had it all good and so I started grinding it down. Just needed a touch more but aluminum is of course susceptible to contamination. And grinding the weld down did just that. So I called it good.

Like I said it needs to last 6 months or so
 
blazinzuk said:
While it's not perfect the repair really doesn't hold much.

I'm still gonna be replacing things and we waited a couple hours to look for cracks. Couldn't see any. I will keep a very close eye on it though.



No air leakage at 35 psi. Just slowly built up the weld. Thought I had it all good and so I started grinding it down. Just needed a touch more but aluminum is of course susceptible to contamination. And grinding the weld down did just that. So I called it good.

Like I said it needs to last 6 months or so
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Looks good enough to be a permanent repair to me. In this case, repair is not structural, just needs to assure airtight seal. TIG cast aluminum is easy peasy.

 
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blazinzuk said:
I am gonna be picking up a set of h1 rims soon. So these rims need to make it through this winter. Buy one center a month and hopefully one run flat a month. Just gotta move some stuff around on the ol budget and hope I get a 100 or so for Christmas.
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Aren't the H1 rims 8-lug? Are you doing an axle swap also?
 
Zeus33rd said:
Looks good enough to be a permanent repair to me. In this case, repair is not structural, just needs to assure airtight seal. TIG cast aluminum is easy peasy.

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Seriously I'd have no qualms about driving to the moon and back on that.
 
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campfire said:
Sounds fun. Will be watching to see how that turns out. :popcorn:
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I will try to remember to take pics I've done several sets. Trail worthy fab hasn't been around for that long. So before them lots of shops just re centered on their own. 12 bolts are harder than 8 bolts though
 
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