Patching Wheel
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Debadged 6-Speed '05 C320 Sports Coupe
Patching Wheel
Are there any ideas on the best way to patch this wheel?
My initial thoughts are to break the bead, line the inside with duct tape, put a small wheel weight into the opening, to compensate for the missing metal mass, then cover the outside with duct tape, creating a duct tape sandwich.
As it stands now, it does not hold air.
My initial thoughts are to break the bead, line the inside with duct tape, put a small wheel weight into the opening, to compensate for the missing metal mass, then cover the outside with duct tape, creating a duct tape sandwich.
As it stands now, it does not hold air.
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Yes, there is a way to patch it...
and that would be to melt it down and re-cast it. Period.
Seriously, whatever put the hole in the wheel will have stressed the metal around it...that's known as fatigue, which forms the basis for complete failure later on.
You can patch tires, but not wheels. You have a hole in a wheel? Then you have a large doorstop, a base for an end table (hey, a round sheet of glass and it's perfect!) or a small boat anchor, but what you do not have is a wheel.
Even if you could patch it so it would hold air -- and duct tape won't do that -- would you entrust your life and the lives of those you love to save a few hundred bucks (and much less than that if you find it used on line)?
On the other hand, some of us would say 'hey, this is the EXACT excuse I need to buy TWO new larger wheels of the same design and go for the staggered effect!' (Or buy four larger of a different design and upsize your ride!).
Simply put: don't use this wheel again -- please.
But do enjoy your ride, even on the spare.
Greg
Seriously, whatever put the hole in the wheel will have stressed the metal around it...that's known as fatigue, which forms the basis for complete failure later on.
You can patch tires, but not wheels. You have a hole in a wheel? Then you have a large doorstop, a base for an end table (hey, a round sheet of glass and it's perfect!) or a small boat anchor, but what you do not have is a wheel.
Even if you could patch it so it would hold air -- and duct tape won't do that -- would you entrust your life and the lives of those you love to save a few hundred bucks (and much less than that if you find it used on line)?
On the other hand, some of us would say 'hey, this is the EXACT excuse I need to buy TWO new larger wheels of the same design and go for the staggered effect!' (Or buy four larger of a different design and upsize your ride!).
Simply put: don't use this wheel again -- please.
But do enjoy your ride, even on the spare.
Greg
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This looks like an appropriate solution for this type of damage. As long as the wheel / tire retains it's general shape characteristics, it will continue to function.
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Bad ideas can be found everywhere on the web...
C'mon, Wingless, we all know there's a difference between "tire repair" and "wheel repair" (re: the linked 'solution').
Tires are designed to be flexible, wheels are not. Face it: there is NO SAFE FIX for that wheel. You're asking for catastrophic failure and if it's at speed when it occurs, for shrapnel to be flying about as the wheel comes apart.
If you're really serious -- and this wasn't a "joke post" -- then patch it however you want, but give us the opportunity to buy some life insurance on you before you drive it.
Tires are designed to be flexible, wheels are not. Face it: there is NO SAFE FIX for that wheel. You're asking for catastrophic failure and if it's at speed when it occurs, for shrapnel to be flying about as the wheel comes apart.
If you're really serious -- and this wasn't a "joke post" -- then patch it however you want, but give us the opportunity to buy some life insurance on you before you drive it.
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Originally Posted by wingless
This looks like an appropriate solution for this type of damage. As long as the wheel / tire retains it's general shape characteristics, it will continue to function.
Add a bunch of unsprung weight.
Further degrade the tire's performance due to no longer having air pressure supporting the tire carcass as designed.
A free ticket for what could be (we hope!) the last ride of your life when the rim fails completely,which it will.
Ever hear of crack propagation?.You can see one in the picture, and it's got several friends to assist it in finishing the job.
If you insist on going the "repair" route, please be sure to have the entire family with you whenever you drive on that wheel...the gene pool will be better after a purge of your tribe's idiocy.
Last edited by Steve Clark; May 17, 2005 at 08:25 PM. Reason: Br549
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark
A free ticket for what could be (we hope!) the last ride of your life when the rim fails completely
If you insist on going the "repair" route, please be sure to have the entire family with you whenever you drive on that wheel...the gene pool will be better after a purge of your tribe's idiocy.
If you insist on going the "repair" route, please be sure to have the entire family with you whenever you drive on that wheel...the gene pool will be better after a purge of your tribe's idiocy.
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Originally Posted by wingless
How very fortunate for you to be so self-assured of your own superiority.
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Originally Posted by wingless
How very fortunate for you to be so self-assured of your own superiority.
Originally Posted by Steve Clark
Superiority?...no, I'm simply pointing out what's obvious- it appears you're in the shallow end of the gene pool, yet still way in over your head.
Yes, it is possible to envision the widespread carnage and genetic cleansing from operating a vehicle using this tire filler within the Manufacturer’s rated 35 mph limitation. It is likely to be on par with your bicycle collisions with cell phone pedestrians.
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wow this is one of the stupidest threads i have ever seen. This must be a joke! How could u stick a wheel weight in the hole and expect it to hold up with friggin duct tap?!?! I mean, I never tried to seal my tire punctures with it. That wheel is trashed, and ur a dumbass for even thinking you can fix it. If you can afford a mercedes, you can afford a new wheel moreso than duct tape.
