Weld wheels

[Jonnydime]

Found a set of Weld wheels. 1 wheel has cracks in two of the spokes. The cracks don't bother me as I have welded up several aluminum wheels in the past and never had a problem. But after doing some digging cracking looks common on some of the older Weld wheels. Is this somthing I really have to worry about?

 

[white07psd]

What style and size weld is it? Jared at rivercitydiesel knows alot about the welds

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[Jonnydime]

18x10 Dune 8

 

[white07psd]

Wow, ive never heard of the forged series cracking. The older 16.5s would crack here and there but still that wasnt a common issue either.

 

[Breaking Habits]

Some dunes did crack, late series ones did if they were jumped of shocked commonly.

 

[white07psd]

Since its already cracked, could you grind it out to see how deep it is and weld it back up, then smooth and polish it out. Ive seen centers ripped out of 16.5x14s. Thats not pretty.

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[Meniacal_Mark]

Jared, do you still have those 20x10 weld b/m ballistics?

 

[Breaking Habits]

Since its already cracked, could you grind it out to see how deep it is and weld it back up, then smooth and polish it out. Ive seen centers ripped out of 16.5x14s. Thats not pretty.

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I dunno if I would risk it . But I'm a negative nancy. I have a friend whose been running 20x12 dunes with 2 cracked spokes in 1 wheel for over 3 years fwiw

 

[Breaking Habits]

Jared, do you still have those 20x10 weld b/m ballistics?

You betcha

 

[Meniacal_Mark]

:rockon::drool:ostwhore2:

 

[Daryl@TDP]

Bought a extra set of 16.5x14s just to get one wheel to mount a spare on. Guy hit a ditch with a super duty and did this to one of em. Came out clean from the piece in my hand but chopped the hell out of the wheel. Only payed 100 for all 4 though.

 

[Meniacal_Mark]

He must of hit that ditch harder than a little tap-taparoo

 

[white07psd]

I saw them on craigslist and would of bought them but knew i wouldn't find 1 wheel. That was actually the wheel i was referring to in my post above.

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[Daryl@TDP]

I saw them on craigslist and would of bought them but knew i wouldn't find 1 wheel. That was actually the wheel i was referring to in my post above.

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Yeah, I just wanted a spare 14 wide to mount a tire on for long trips. Couple o buddies did too so it worked out pretty well.

 

[alradco]

I have welds on my truck without an issue so far. My buddy owns a tire shop and mentioned that Weld did have a cracking problem for awhile and he would recommend getting rid of them.

Maybe I worry too much but no way would I weld cracked wheels and then use them. The risk of hurting someone, liability, etc is just not something I'd be willing to put on the line to save a few hundred dollars. Some things just need to be done right imo but then again I am no wheel expert.

 

[Jonnydime]

It's not the repair I'm worried about. It's the possibility of the other spokes cracking. I've repaired enough Aluminum wheels to say with confidence the welds would be solid. That being said I decided to pass on the wheels.