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Offline dom

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #20 on: 19 January 2012, 20:23 »
Right, can get it repaired for £40-£60....that'd be drilling out either end of each crack and welding in replacement metal rather than just filling the crack.

Not sure what to do tbh.....if I can sell the other 3 for £50 then it'll cover the wheels and postage and leave me with a little beer money....I'm not sure how easy it'll be to sell them though :undecided:

Or I get it repaired, have the adaptors made up and I'll still have paid less than £250 :undecided:

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #21 on: 19 January 2012, 20:24 »
Are these the set of 2 in the clasifieds for £75?

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #22 on: 19 January 2012, 20:25 »
Weigh them on the scales, i bet you would get about £50+ for them but if youd trust a crack repair then  :cool:

Selling 3 wheels could be a pain in the ass tbh

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #23 on: 19 January 2012, 20:28 »
Are these the set of 2 in the clasifieds for £75?

Yeah they are.

Weigh them on the scales, i bet you would get about £50+ for them but if youd trust a crack repair then  :cool:

Selling 3 wheels could be a pain in the ass tbh

Not got any scales but I reckon they're no more than 15kg each.....really not very heavy!

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #24 on: 19 January 2012, 20:30 »
About £60 scrap! Not much of a loss but still!

He would have seen the crack tho  :angry:

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #25 on: 19 January 2012, 20:34 »
dont know what u should do for the best really mate depends on how strong the wheel would be really after repaired


who got the other set ?

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #26 on: 19 January 2012, 20:38 »
I nearly had a set , the 2nd set

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #27 on: 19 January 2012, 21:41 »
Not got any scales but I reckon they're no more than 15kg each.....really not very heavy!

15kgs  :shocked: mine are 9kg each  :tongue:

Yes it could be repaired but I would never chance it, stick the 4 on ebay with good photos showing the cracks and am sure they will sell quick.

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Re: Cracked wheel - repairable?
« Reply #28 on: 19 January 2012, 22:16 »
The lms ? Thats why he wanted pennies for them then ......