advice bent wheel flange

[jc450]

Hello

attached souvenir from Dalton hwy bent rear wheel flange, could not bang out with hammer. Anyone advice to self repair?

thanks JC

 

[Roge]

I've got an identical bend in my front again there is no amount of impact adjustment will straighten it.

 

[Ramseybella]

What did you hit a pot hole the size of a swimming pool at 80mph fully loaded?
New rim or send it to Woody's!

http://www.woodyswheelworks.com/

$350.00 for a new rim.

http://www.cyclepartswarehouse.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=4821687&category=Motorcycles&make=YAMAHA&year=2014&fveh=206251

 

[EricV]

What you may consider a hammer and what the pros use is far different. I bent the front wheel in a similar manner in Death Valley and took it to the Motorcycle Tire Center in Las Vegas the next day. They pulled the wheel off the bike, straitened it, checked for true in both axises and put it back on the bike in an hour. That was 40k miles ago and I've had zero issues with it. They had a lead block formed for moto wheels and a very large lead hammer. http://www.mtclv.com/

Some places you might look in to:

http://www.motorcycle-wheelrepair.com/
http://www.rimspec.com/detroit-michigan-car-and-motorcycle-wheel-repair/

Google 'motorcycle wheel repair, Michigan' and lots more come up. Call a couple moto shops in your area and ask them about who they go to for wheel repair too. My repair was worse than yours before I used some rocks to bang it in so it would hold air. Motorcycle Tire Center charged me ~$40 to repair it and didn't need to un-lace the wheel.

 

[Ramseybella]

What you may consider a hammer and what the pros use is far different. I bent the front wheel in a similar manner in Death Valley and took it to the Motorcycle Tire Center in Las Vegas the next day. They pulled the wheel off the bike, straitened it, checked for true in both axises and put it back on the bike in an hour. That was 40k miles ago and I've had zero issues with it. They had a lead block formed for moto wheels and a very large lead hammer. http://www.mtclv.com/

Some places you might look in to:

http://www.motorcycle-wheelrepair.com/
http://www.rimspec.com/detroit-michigan-car-and-motorcycle-wheel-repair/

Google 'motorcycle wheel repair, Michigan' and lots more come up. Call a couple moto shops in your area and ask them about who they go to for wheel repair too. My repair was worse than yours before I used some rocks to bang it in so it would hold air. Motorcycle Tire Center charged me ~$40 to repair it and didn't need to un-lace the wheel.

That sounds smart Eric.. ::008::

 

[EricV]

The best part was that I was back riding the same day, not sitting around at the base hotel moping because I couldn't ride. ::012::

 

[Checkswrecks]

There are wheel repair shops in most cities who probably could handle it.

 

[SilverBullet]

I have dings similar to that on both my front and rear rims now. Have done multiple tire replacements and no issue for seating the beads and no leaks. What is my risk to continue just running both slightly bent? Seems highly unlikely that I will hit again in the exact same spot creating a bigger bend. Plus I now use Mitas Dakar tires with incredibly tough sidewalls unlike the Shinko 804/805's that allowed the dings. My rear rim has been bent for over 10K miles. I was even at Woody's WW for many days with it bent and decided to just let it be.

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[jc450]

Thanks for the advice. Hitting a swimming pool size pothole at 80 mph pretty much describes what happened on Dalton, about 1000 times. especially the approach to Prudhoe. That combined with too low tire pressure caused the dent. Luckily the tire held air well enough to manage the return trip, no harm no foul. But it loses air slowly if pressure is lower than about 30 psi or on rough roads with load. Can't accept that as permanent issue. Want to resolve prior to replacing my tire. First estimates to straighten are on order of 300 dollars, hoping to find another option.

jc