Straightening bent rims

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Raffi)]

I see another high budget Anson Studios Production called;

"30 second Rim Straightening"

-Raffi

At 04:07 AM 7/16/2004, Anson Clement wrote:
>I think this whole discussion should culminate in someone creating a 
>little demonstrative video. Just think of all the great opportunities you 
>would have to clobber yourself and curse to our great amusement.
>
>Do it.
>
>Anson
>
>Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
>mine:
>http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=41800
>also
>http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=33906
>this one is lighter, but also good as it has a narrower head (realize you
>are hitting a concave surface)
>
>when straightening, i lay the wheel flat on the ground with the bend closest
>to me, use my feet in a 'V' shape to stop the wheel from sliding under me,
>and swing down in an arc such that the hammer impacts as perpendicular to
>the surface as possible (without the wheel there, the hammer would go
>through my legs - behind me).
>
>hth
>Al
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Raffi"
>To: "John K. Gates" ; ;
>;
>Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:33 PM
>Subject: Re: Straightening bent rims
>
>
> > I'm thinking of straightening my tear drops on my POS Jetta... what hammer
> > do you recommend?
> > -RGK-
> >
> > At 01:28 PM 7/15/2004, John K. Gates wrote:
> >> > > why is everyone set on going to a wheel repair place?
> >> > > all you really need is a dead blow hammer and some method of spinning
> >> > > the wheel to check for trueness. i use a portion of a rear axle beam
> >> > > with rearrotor installed. the rotor gives me some leverage if a wheel
> >> > > is VERY bent and i need to slip a jack between the rotor edge and
> >> > > wheel lip.
> >> > > Al
> >>
> >> > As much fun as I used to have trying to true my road bike wheels, I
> >> > think I will leave that to someone with more expertise....
> >>
> >>I too have tried to true road bike wheels and see the point, but there are
> >>a whole lot less variables here; you don't have 32 or however many spokes
> >>each exerting its own force, just a solid piece of alloy. With enough
> >>force you should be able to get it pretty close with what he's talking
> >>about.
> >>
> >>I know I've straightened steel wheels pretty close with a BFH for my snow
> >>tires and have gotten them just fine even though they're more "springy"
> >>than alloy..
> >>
> >>John K. Gates
> >>--
> >>'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
> >>'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
> >>teardown/buildup sometime soon...
> >>
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