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rim damage
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:43 PM
my friend has a set of konig rims and hit a pothole and now air leaks out between the lip and tire, is this fixable? the lip is bend a little bit.

Re: rim damage
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:18 PM
depends how bad and really how safe you want to be. If you do try bending it back be carefull because aluminum will crack. If it's steel wack away but aluminum you have to be carful. If it's just a slight bend maybe only really leaks allot when going over that certain spot I would take it to a tire shop and see if they can clean the bead and seal it with some bead sealer. I took my friends 18 Assasin which had a bend that was creased and cleaned the bead and bead sealed the crap out of it and it still holds air. One problem I noticed tho which his didn't do is you tend to get a bubble in your tire there wether it be from lack of support of from the impact is your call...


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