Can bent Fuchs be straightened?

[joetiii]

Anybody ever have luck straightening a bent Fuchs forged wheel?

[mb911]

yes I have heard of it many of time. weidimen wheels(not sure on spelling) does them to oem specs

[RickM]

Another wheel repair business with an excellent rep is http://www.wheelcollision.com/index.html in Bath, PA.

[azasadny]

Al Reed (Anaheim, CA) took a few bends/dings out of mine when he refinished them almost 2 years ago.

[Netspeed]

It all depends on how bad the bend is. As a rule, I'm not too fond of fixing bent wheels. Once it gets bent it weakens and then when it gets fixed (re-bent), it weakens it again.

[Tim Casey]

There are several in Mass you can try as well. Keystone in Taunton can straighten it out as long as its not center bent, possibly while you wait...ask for Norm

[TRE Cup]

There is an outfit someplace back east that has a intricate process for repairing bent fuchs wheels. The price is reasonable too. BUT i don't know what that company is!
sure we all know the "usual" shops that can repair the rims- but this place did something pretty special . Any clues ?

[joetiii]

Thanx to all.

I was mostly concerned because I know fuchs are forged and most other rims are cast. Didn't know if thats an issue

I found a guy local who can straigthen them to within 2000ths runout which is just noticeable to the eye, but not as a shimmy.

[RickM]

Originally posted by TRE Cup
There is an outfit someplace back east that has a intricate process for repairing bent fuchs wheels. The price is reasonable too. BUT i don't know what that company is!
sure we all know the "usual" shops that can repair the rims- but this place did something pretty special . Any clues ?

May be the company I posted. FWIU the founder invented many of the tools/machines used in the repair/straightening/truing process.

[Miguel Antonett]

I would NOT!