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Front right 18- 9J one-piece alloy track wheel is 'supposedly' bent.
I can not feel it. I can not see it, or can hardly see it. Actually, if I spin the wheel and look very close I might measure a 32nd of an inch dip at a point on the inner lip.

The bend does however shows up on road force balance and gets in the way of accurate corner balancing work.
Is it repairable? Who might be capable of addressing this? I am in the Midwest so ideally Milwaukee or Chicago shop would be a plus.
The alternative for me is four new wheels since this is an unusual set and finding one replacement is not possible.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Any good wheel repair specialist should be able to true up a wheel. I've had many bent forged track wheels and other non-forged alloy wheels straightened. (None were bent badly - just typical track use/abuse kinds of things.)

Might not be as good as they were new and they might be susceptible to getting out of round again at some point, but they should be fine. I've had good results.

Appreciate that however......had several turned me down in this case since there is no exterior damage and really only issue is that it no longer does a clean run road force (Hunter) balancing......so I'm looking for someone that incorporates that in their process.

GreggT wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:57 pm Appreciate that however......had several turned me down in this case since there is no exterior damage and really only issue is that it no longer does a clean run road force (Hunter) balancing......so I'm looking for someone that incorporates that in their process.

There should be somebody up there who can do what you're asking. Good luck!

I checked out your website too! Very cool

Thanks guy!