Cracked Rims

[Watto89]

Hey people,

I Purchased a set of 20" rims from a shop online in Sydney, 8 months ago.

I went to a tyre shop to get some new tyres put on to two rims, a few weeks later both of those rims started to loose air!

I Checked them closer and there cracked, could it be the make or when the tyre shop put them on they cracked the rim? they did

put one of the tyre on the wrong way (inside facing out)

[Worm]

That's f*cked...

Must have been trying really hard to get the tyre on if they cracked the rim? Doubt it... Unless they were trying to fit a 19 in tyre to it!!!

Looks like the rim was dodgy IMHO... Should be under warranty. There would be a buckle in the rim if you had hit something with it...

[Jman]

What brand of rim are they?

I had a set of BSA rims before my current ones and when it came time to swap them over every single rim had cracks.

Not just one or two... HEAPS! - all four!

I'd say its a manufacturing fault... if they're cheap rims that's what you get unfortunately

[Worm]

Most have warranty though...

[CJ_AK]

I doubt it was the tyre shop mate.

cheap rims and small pot holes are not good friends.

chase up your warranty.

[mattyb]

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[Smoke them tyres]

The most load a rim usually sees is when the bead is stretched/rolled over the rim lip. For it to be on the inside without a dent or flat and on both rims indicates to me IMO something done at tyre install. It wasn't cracked with the first set of tyres was it?

I'm not convinced of the quality of some of the rims on the market these days (China, SE Asia)......casting quality and material used. Particularly with low profiles, grip available, high spring rates, heavy cars and potholed roads. The cracks also indicate to me a lack of "flexibility" in the rim......less than best material used in casting?

The fitment the wrong way round is hopeless job quality/pride. If the same guy put the tyre on back to front (ie chucked over rim), who's to say he wasn't also f*cked on the operation of the install machine. And why wasn't it noticed by the guy fitting it to the car, or was that the same culprit/lugnut again?

I would be going back to them. Why both rims, LH & RH at exactly the same time I would be asking them.

Edited 20/06/10 12:11 PM by Smoke them tyres

[smicky]

Mate, as the others have said - could be the rims (shop)....

Get the rims checked for buckles - this is what the rim guys will do anyways... If buckled they are likely to say - sorry son... if no buckles then sound be ok...

Only way I know the guys in the tyer shop would have done something like that is if the machine to strip the rubber was clamped way to far out... The claws/teeth have then some crazy way ripped the hell of out the rim... as a result I would again bet that the rim is buckled...