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6 Spoke Alloy Wheel has a crack: get it fixed or buy a used one? 850 1996

posted by  will rehsper on  Tue Oct 5 14:07 CST 2021
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If it were my 25 year old, 362K mile 850, I wouldn't be eager to spend much money on new OR repaired wheels. Especially if I thought that the crack wasn't new.

If the tire is holding air, I would clean the area surrounding the crack then scribe lines with a sharp tool, marking the ends of the crack. Then refer back to the scribe lines periodically to see if the crack is growing.

If the crack is causing it to lose pressure then that's a PITA. Do whatever you gotta do to fix it.

In the meantime, cruise craigslist and FB marketplace for a cheap used wheel. I ended up giving away a set of 15" S/V70 alloy wheels last year. They had junk tires and no one wanted them.

***Disclaimer: The above is bad advice, what I would do, not sound technical advice. Your safety is paramount and a cracked wheel could leave you stranded with a flat or maybe even fail catastrophically leading to an accident.
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