Tyres, Brakes and Suspension » Warped rear wheel.

When I had my rear tyre changed a few weeks ago, the fitter told me that the wheel was 'quite warped' and as a result, he had to use a lot of weights to balance it. Does anyone have any experience/advice on getting alloy rims trued up? I cannot feel any handling problems although I did feel it was moving around a lot in some high winds the other day. It does not look obviously damaged, although there is a little run out at the rim, only about a millimetre or so I would say. There are firms near me that claim to be able to true up warped rims but how safe would it be I wonder. If they use heat in the process, I would be concerned about the alloy's structural integrity. Any advice would be gratefully received! The roads here in England are in such an appalling condition that I suspect this is not an isolated problem!

I've had a few cast wheels trued. There is a local shop that specializes in motorcycle frame and wheel straightening and I use them. Never a problem and they are highly regarded within the area motorcycle racing community. That's no help to you but I would not hesitate to have a wheel trued.

Out here in the colonies, in denver specifically, We have Woodies wheel works and they are very good with spoke wheels. But I have noticed that they do advertise that they do in fact work on alloy rims as well. There are a lot of "lowrider" cars here that have very tall wheels with almost no tire ...... hence a lot of bent rims. In fact they claim to be able to repair damaged rims besides true-ing them it seems. So it does seem that people do pull this off .... hope that helps in the sunny UK .....

Thanks for the feedback. I will go and see one of the outfits that advertise wheel straightening near me and see what they say.

Thanks Larry. I was in Colorado in March to visit my family but am unlikely to bring my wheel there! There is a firm near to me in England that may fit the bill and I will pay them a visit. I hope that your summer is not too dry- I hear that you have had some helpful precipitation recently - at least in the Lyons area. Normally in England, we do not suffer from a lack of rain but we have had droughts over the last few years.

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Thanks Larry. I was in Colorado in March to visit my family but am unlikely to bring my wheel there! There is a firm near to me in England that may fit the bill and I will pay them a visit. I hope that your summer is not too dry- I hear that you have had some helpful precipitation recently - at least in the Lyons area. Normally in England, we do not suffer from a lack of rain but we have had droughts over the last few years.

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