Here is a way to straighten your own wheels at home with basic tools.
DIY Wheel Straightening
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Here is a way to straighten your own wheels at home with basic tools.
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What type of spindle?
Wow…. Excellent DIY video.
One of the best videos on the tube. Gotta try this on my Rex with HX enkei
wheels
Hello, thanks for posting this vid. Is it possible that I can orient a
bottle jack leaning towards the other end of the wheel? I don’t have a
extra spindle for my car.
helllo, i really wanna thank you for this vid. i have spent hundreds
already on just straitening my wheel. and its still bent, i see that you
have a spindle on a vise. and a simple jack. with proper time and patience
this can actually work. i thank u again :]
Dam thas tight .
It is an old spindle mounted in a vice…
Do you have a spindle mounted in the vise?
You said that another tool was in development. It’s been 2 years, have you
developed that yet?
Not yet, still thinking about it though…;)
From what I understand it actually strengthens the material.
Thanks
@forkinsp hi, get a spare rear hub from a front wheel drive car that has
the same bolt patern as yours, from there it’s up to you to fabricate a
mount, also, i’d mount it vertically and problably use a hidraulic bottle
jack, LOL.
awesome vid martin!! Good luck in Lincoln. I’ll be rooting for you!!
simple and effective!
question, how long do we want to heat the section of the rim thats bent??
@gtfour77 do u really have to heat up the wheel? and do u place the jack in
the center of the rim? thanks
wow, i dont say this much… but you are really smart.
You mount the wheel as if it was on the car… except you can only use 2 or
3 lug buts.
Very well done; the wheel appears to be functional now, rather than
cosmetically straight. Can’t wait to try it myself, is that just a regular
blow torch?
what r u spinning it on?
This may have some affect on the vertical out of round condition but what
about a lateral wobble? Suppose you have a side to side wobble and not a
vertical one?
Does it weaken the rim when you heat it up?
The Saying: Would you like do to something good – Do It Yourself! Awesome
video man!!!
Bill, of course I remember the cool white Sti! You can send me the wheel if
it’s not too bad…;) I am only going to the Pro Finale and will need all
the luck I can get… Thanks!
Yes, I’d heat up the rim for easier and safer straightening (won;tc rack as
easily and will keep the shape once cooled. And yes, center of the wheel .
Martin…that is awesome..:)…can I send you one of my Gramlights to
fix…:)… Been a while….good luck at Nationals.. Bill (Was in the BSP
STi @ Peru 2 years Ago) now sporting a FSP Impreza Wagon..;)
I have an expensive Centerline wheel with that problem. It’s on the front
of a fenderless car, so the wobble is visible from the driver’s seat (very
annoying). This video doesn’t address that type of damage.
@gtfour77 great video!!! thanks for doing this. It really helps.
Great vid could you go into more detail on how you mounted the wheel onto
the spindle?