[Fot] GT6 Alloy wheels not repairable, need replacement

[billdentin at aol.com]

Amici...
 
I agree with Scott's take... 
 
To my knowledge 'alloy wheel repair' is highly cosmetic, vice structural.  
 
This is especially true for old 50s/60s 'mag' wheels.  They were never designed to take the stress of today's modern racing rubber.
 
You can fix them up and use them to make a good looking street car (or trailer queen), but I sure would not race on a crack repaired alloy wheel.
 
Bill Dentinger
 




 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Mar 9, 2015 10:41 am
Subject: [Fot] GT6 Alloy wheels not repairable, need replacement


The consistent advice I got from the experts was - replace, don't repair.  The wheels are cracking because they are fatigued, and welding will create potentially create adjacent weak areas that will fail. 
  
 
 
So, I'm looking for new wheels.  What is the GT6 and Spitfire crowd running (I need 13x6)?  Revolution wheels have been suggested and are a strong possibility, there's the ever-present minilite style, others? 


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