BRIAN
09-02-2004, 06:41 PM
Was happy to get new rims today until I saw one had slight bend at lip. Not wanting to wait for new one to be made I took out dial indicator and mounted wheel to verify runout and determine extent of damages. WOW!! I have never actually measured a rim before and was a little shocked to see .035 or so even on one of the other none damged wheels. This is a total variance up and down.
I checked an OEM cast Ford rim and got .010. Both rims had about the same at the wheel bead which was approx .005.
Considering that most wheel Co's use the same hoops has anybody else done measuring or had some wheel balancing issues. I know lip is not as important as bead but???
Anybody have measurements. I am satisfied with rim repair which only took one blow from a nylon hammer to pop back where bead is unaffected and lip is back into round. I am just curious as I do not have any other rims laying around to check. The dial indicator is set on the top of the edge of the bead NOT measuring as you would with a rotor. The rim did not have face ding but TOP down towards hub. Thanks. I am calling MFG tomorrow to verify tolerences.
I checked an OEM cast Ford rim and got .010. Both rims had about the same at the wheel bead which was approx .005.
Considering that most wheel Co's use the same hoops has anybody else done measuring or had some wheel balancing issues. I know lip is not as important as bead but???
Anybody have measurements. I am satisfied with rim repair which only took one blow from a nylon hammer to pop back where bead is unaffected and lip is back into round. I am just curious as I do not have any other rims laying around to check. The dial indicator is set on the top of the edge of the bead NOT measuring as you would with a rotor. The rim did not have face ding but TOP down towards hub. Thanks. I am calling MFG tomorrow to verify tolerences.