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pmcaya2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 191 Location: Scio, NY USA

I was going around 35mph on a well paved road through a small town at night. The pothole was the perfect Porsche trap - bent the rim and indented wheel a bit, also busted some threads in the steel belt tire. Holds air, but not suitable for high speed corners. (Of course it was a new tire).

Anyway, I have a post in the parts wanted forum but was wondering if the rim can be fixed by a good shop - I expect that it would require heating and bending. It's a typical 4 lug spyder web from an '82 924 NA. Anyone have experience with bent rims? Thanks in advance. - Peter

pmcaya2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 191 Location: Scio, NY USA

Tire shop was reluctant to bend rim. I'm thinking of trying to bend the rim back using a hardwood shaft & small sledge hammer. The rim still holds air in the tire - if impact can bend the rim in, maybe an opposite impact can bend it back.

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kcoyle · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 712 Location: Long Island, NY

This guy fixes rims. I went there for a high speed balance. Can't vouch for his work on wheels, but he is definitely a character.

http://www.alshubcaps.com/

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Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

pmcaya2 · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 191 Location: Scio, NY USA

Thanks for the post Coyle - seems like an interesting place. Since I'm about 350 miles from Long Island and local tire shops don't want to deal with a bent rim ...... I decided to try the judicious use of force to bend the rim back with the tire still mounted.

I first tried a hardwood shaft on the rim struck with a 10 lb hammer... just managed to cut the hardwood. Next used a 3ft steel bar with a tapered tip about 1in wide and struck it with the hammer. Increased force and the rim bent back. The rim seems to be somewhat malleable. I think I saved the rim. I need to have a new tire mounted because the impact broke the steel belts. I'll post pictures of the final outcome.

PS please complete the poll question - now it seems like most 924s are running without a timing belt cover.

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

I run my timing cover. I don't know why people don't. It's not as if they are hard to remove and on the 931's you can lunch a motor if you get a rock in the timing belt.
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)