Alloy Wheel Straightening ?

[Voyager]

This is a non-GS question (my 100GS has cross-spoked wheels).

I took the front wheel off my 2003 K1200GT last night and gave it a wash before dropping it off for a new tyre. it has a 17" three-spoke alloy wheel with twin discs and ABS disc.

I noticed a slight 'splay' at the rim - around 2mm splay over a 5cm distance.

I seem to recall hitting a monster pot hole in the dark one night, so I guess that's what caused it.

Question: Can the rim be pressed back or do I . .

1). Live with it (the Dealer thinks its a 'normal' amount of damage).

2). Buy a new wheel (Ouch).

Anyone had experience of straightening a rim ?

Thanks.

Bob.

 

[Vern]

Leave it as it is I should,that's well within MOT limits from what I remember

 

[Schtum]

There used to be a guy in Ellon in Aberdeenshire called Lee Eddison who would fix damaged rims. He repaired my VFR wheels http://www.hondavfrclub.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14837 after I hit a pothole on the A87.

I don't know if he's still operating because I only had a mobile no. for him and that doesn't work any more. He used to repair wheels for racers and weld broken RC30 crankcases for Tony Scott and previously he built submersibles for the oil industry, so he knows what he's doing.

 

[Steptoe]

If your worried about it, they can easily be straightened.