DO NOT FOR ANY REASON ATTEMPT TO REPAIR A WHEEL BY WELDING, ATTEMPTING TO WELD A WHEEL WHILE INFLATED WILL BE CERTAIN DEATH.
WELDING CHANGES THE METALLURGY AND A WHEEL IS NOT SAFE WHEN THIS OCCURS.
WHEEL SAFETY
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If you are lucky, you will see the area between rivets lift on the interface of the wheel center and the rim.
I have also seen them go the other way too; Instead of lifting the finger on the center part of the wheel, it rots thru the rim and the wheel may get wider than normal at one place and hopefully not pop the ring off.
The only close call I have ever had (knock on wood) was a 7.50 x 18 on Bomb Trailer #1 that did that while I was adding some air to the tire as it looked and was a littlle low...
I have also seen them go the other way too; Instead of lifting the finger on the center part of the wheel, it rots thru the rim and the wheel may get wider than normal at one place and hopefully not pop the ring off.
The only close call I have ever had (knock on wood) was a 7.50 x 18 on Bomb Trailer #1 that did that while I was adding some air to the tire as it looked and was a littlle low...
Dr Deuce Over 50,000 driven miles in a CCKW
1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
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1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
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