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    Do any of you happen to know of a place that can repair a crack in an aluminum alloy wheel? One of my beloved eagle 077 rims has suffered a crack from a pothole about an inch long. I live in the Milwaukee suburban area. Id be willing to ship it if the place does a good job for a decent price.

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    Make a trip to your local dealer or body shop, they should be able to point you in the right direction.
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    Google for rim repair. I told a local and he's thrilled with teh place he found.
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    Thanks for the responses guys. Unfortunately those suggestions were the first things I tried. Seems most places wont touch a cracked rim around here. Im slowly broadening my search to farther away places now... didnt think this was going to be so tough!
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    let me ask on facebook. i know a lot of the locals around here...
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    wheel-tech rim repair center: highland park, IL

    alloy wheel repair: milwaukee area

    that's kinda all i got from quick looking around...
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    Thanks I'll look into the wheel-tech one tomorrow. The milwaukee alloy rim repair doesnt do cracks apparently... so far all I have is Rimspec in texas that will do it for "around 200 or so, not including shipping." Expensive option, but an option nonetheless.
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    I know a place in the milwaukee south side area. They repaired 2 cracked wheels on a truck I sold and customer never had a problem. Its on 9th and national ave, not sure if youre familiar with the area?

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    Back 5 years ago I had this 077 repaired for about $100 locally at a place called wheel connection IIRC







    Then my wife's old Envoy came with 20"s and one had a slow leak which I traced to a crack, no bend at all mind you. So I trace the end of the crack, drill a 1/8" hole all the way through. That's an old trick to keep cracks from spreading I've seen used on anything from music cymbals to structural steel. Then ground down in the crack a little bit and then my dad is a welder by trade so I told him to put a big thick hot weld over it front and back and I took it home and ground it back to shape and finished with some cutting compound on a polishing wheel so it was nice and smooth to help seal. Sounds intensive kinda, but in reality if you don't factor in drive time to have tire dismounted, them to your fathers shop the next town over, then home to grind/finish, then back to get tire remounted/balanced, it took well under an hour of actual hands on work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rnungaray08 View Post
    I know a place in the milwaukee south side area. They repaired 2 cracked wheels on a truck I sold and customer never had a problem. Its on 9th and national ave, not sure if youre familiar with the area?
    No unfortunately I don't know the area at all. Know the name of the place by any chance?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kejross View Post
    Back 5 years ago I had this 077 repaired for about $100 locally at a place called wheel connection IIRC


    Then my wife's old Envoy came with 20"s and one had a slow leak which I traced to a crack, no bend at all mind you. So I trace the end of the crack, drill a 1/8" hole all the way through. That's an old trick to keep cracks from spreading I've seen used on anything from music cymbals to structural steel. Then ground down in the crack a little bit and then my dad is a welder by trade so I told him to put a big thick hot weld over it front and back and I took it home and ground it back to shape and finished with some cutting compound on a polishing wheel so it was nice and smooth to help seal. Sounds intensive kinda, but in reality if you don't factor in drive time to have tire dismounted, them to your fathers shop the next town over, then home to grind/finish, then back to get tire remounted/balanced, it took well under an hour of actual hands on work.
    Unfortunately I don't know any welders and the rim is most likely bent as well. Unlikely it cracked and didn't bend ya know? So places around here won't even unbend it if its cracked, I asked. Because I figured then i'd have someone weld it and then i'd dremel and smooth it out like you did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mteschGTP View Post
    No unfortunately I don't know the area at all. Know the name of the place by any chance?
    Ill see if i can get the name. I used the place about 6 months ago. Where in the milwaukee area are you located. This place is about 3 mins from the harley davidson museum

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    Im actually in Pewaukee, about 30 min away id say. I go down to Milwaukee occasionally, but usually not on the south side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mteschGTP View Post
    Im actually in Pewaukee, about 30 min away id say. I go down to Milwaukee occasionally, but usually not on the south side.
    This is the place
    Sanchez Rim Shop & Repair
    720 S. 9th St
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    414-241-6827

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    Rim guard did my rim and they did a fantastic job
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rnungaray08 View Post
    This is the place
    Sanchez Rim Shop & Repair
    720 S. 9th St
    Milwaukee,WI 53204
    414-241-6827
    Thank you! Called and although the guy was tough to understand, said it could be done for under $100 next week sometime. Cool beans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mteschGTP View Post
    Thank you! Called and although the guy was tough to understand, said it could be done for under $100 next week sometime. Cool beans.
    Yeah i had the same experience. The guy is kind of an a**, but that place does good work. One of my wheels had a crack of almost half of the rim and another had a huge bend. They repaired both and never had a leak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mteschGTP View Post
    Thank you! Called and although the guy was tough to understand, said it could be done for under $100 next week sometime. Cool beans.
    Did you ever end up going?

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    Yah I did. Super sketchy but he fixed the leak and tried to make it round again for 50 bucks. It was enough to get me through summer, but it never got back to perfectly round so ill have to find a replacement...
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