Wire wheels and internal corrosion

[Yellow Peril]

Anyone had any problems with internal corrosion on GSA wheels? Mine has several quite deep spot one of which has lead to a puncture if you can call it a puncture.

 

[Beemerman59]

I change my own tyres so know I have no internal corrosion on my 6 year old wheels, but where is the corrosion on yours and how has it caused a puncture? Do you mean the rim has corroded through and isn't air tight?

 

[Yellow Peril]

The rim basically has corroded right though in one place and is corroding quite badly in a number of other places, it looks like someone has dropped acid on the inside of the rims.

 

[Yellow Peril]

Here's some pics:-

 

[GBDamo]

That looks like inpurities in the metal as it would be highly unlikely to be that localised if caused by a corrosive substance in the wheel. The fact that it's gone clean through is also indicative of inclusions, possible copper, in the raw material of the wheel.

The green looks like an oxide of copper that should not be there.

How old are the wheels and what does the outside of the rim look like, i.e. directly above the corrosion?

You would need an expert opinion but it looks to me like a manufacturing defect therefore replacement from the dealer.

 

[Yellow Peril]

Wheels come from 06 GSA from the outside you wouldn't know there was any corrosion on the inside at all. To be honest if I could be arsed the outside of the rim would be almost spotless

 

[Bendy toy]

I had corrosion just like that (in a Yamaha wheel) caused by cheap tyre goo. It literally reacted with aluminium where tyre levers had scraped the paint. Lumps of goo developed with deep pits into the underlying metal.
I had the wheels powder coated but the damages was not as severe as @Yellow Peril's.


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