Suggestions
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Ontario
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
Suggestions
Hey guys, I was out wheeling a few weeks back and put a mean dent in my cragar soft 8's, right on the lip. I hammered the lip back a bit and it was fine, but now that it is cold out the air is seeping out. I filled it in with some automotive glue, like between the lip and tire bead (its still sunken dent isn't that bad now) but I cant really have this happen any night. If I was anything but a broke student I would spring for a new rim but right now I need to ride this out. Any caulking or anything I can ghetto rig up?
#2
CF Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: The Republic of TEXAS
Posts: 8,172
Likes: 0
Received 14 Likes
on
14 Posts
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
Sign up for the Common Sense 101 class....they'll teach u not to beat the heck out of your daily driver. Reliable daily drivers get lots of TLC.....not ragged on. LOL....just kidding (or am I).
Last edited by djb383; 11-14-2014 at 09:16 PM.
#3
CF Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Wetumpka, AL
Posts: 1,347
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Hey guys, I was out wheeling a few weeks back and put a mean dent in my cragar soft 8's, right on the lip. I hammered the lip back a bit and it was fine, but now that it is cold out the air is seeping out. I filled it in with some automotive glue, like between the lip and tire bead (its still sunken dent isn't that bad now) but I cant really have this happen any night. If I was anything but a broke student I would spring for a new rim but right now I need to ride this out. Any caulking or anything I can ghetto rig up?
#4
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Ontario
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
Ya I admit I put fun before common sense lol! But **** happens.
Im gonna try that foam and if that doesnt help I will source out another wheel.
#7
Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Smithville, ON
Posts: 241
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
shove a tube in it...so long as the bead's not gonna pop from the rim and it's just about keeping in the air that'd fix ya up
Trending Topics
#8
#9
CF Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: new mexico
Posts: 1,874
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Year: 88
Engine: 4.0
I'd say need more hammering as you didn't bend the lip right. Options fast one you get a new rim and the the old one for a spare, option two you break the bead and straighten the lip better with a hammer, wrench, punch and maybe a little heat depending on how bad it is. Put some bead sealer around the rim and tire and inflate worse case it still leaks.
#11
Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Smithville, ON
Posts: 241
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
#12
#15
::CF Administrator::
It's a cragar soft 8...all over CL and the bay...just dole out the money and get another one...your out, what, 50 bucks max? Just eat more Top Ramen for a few weeks...LOL