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| | | | Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 15 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 15 | i heard you do not weld on a tire rim with a tire mounted on it ? any updates on this idea . | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,603 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,603 | Check out this video and be warned! Welding on a wheel (don't do it) Don
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1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,258 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,258 | I don't get the video. 30 seconds of welding is not going to increase the temp so much to increase the PSI in the tire that much? Then why would you weld on a wheel fully mounted and pressurized?
I have had a aluminum MC wheel repaired on a bike I used for track days. I had no issues with it for 8 years and the guy who bought it from me had no issues for another 10 years before the bike was scrapped.
Also had a friend who widened a set of steel wheels on his GTO. Cut them apart, welded and balanced pretty good. They are 30 years in and still going strong.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,826 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,826 | Good luck to anyone who ignores basic safety precautions- - - - -Forrest Gump's Mama said something about that, and it didn't involve a "box of chocolates"!
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,652 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,652 | There are always the exceptions, like the 90 year old who has been smoking since he was 8 and never got lung cancer.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,096 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,096 | I'd be more concerned about melting the rubber on the tire bead. That's likely what caused the rupture in the video, as it appears that was where the failure was. Welding on a wheel with a tire mounted, either inflated or not, is just a DUMB idea.
Welding on a wheel without a tire mounted -- well, that's how they were constructed in the first place.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | At the point of weld the metal is LIQUID so how much pressure can it hold?
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,096 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,096 | At the point of weld the metal is LIQUID so how much pressure can it hold? Good point. You might wind up with molten metal blasted all over you. Another reason not to weld on a wheel with an inflated tire on it.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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