my home made alum rim straightener

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jimcrazy
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my home made alum rim straightener

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had a lot of people ask me to straighten their bent rims for them, put this together and it works really well. little heat and a little jacking, can get them back 90% sometimes better depending on the make of rim.
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Very impressive. How is it mounted in the hub?
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the large shaft you see stickin out has tapered collars on both sides like a wheel balancer, then it steps down to 1-1/2 shaft that goes through 2 bearings with a 1"nc thread to pull it up tight and lets you spin the wheel
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Where did you get the parts to make it?
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i own a machine shop so just stuff i had kicking around
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that's awesome, jimcrazy. makes it look so simple.
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most of the time takes 20-25 mins to do one
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Nice, I would love to have that stuff to make my own wheel balancer.
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