Crack in wheel
So I noticed a slow leak had developed in one of my tires. Since the tires were new last year, I thought maybe a valve stem. I took it off and put it in the bathtub and found a small crack in the wh...
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down home wrote:
We had a 81 Chevy with factory aluminum wheels. Instead of Chevy replacing it they coated the whole rim on the inside in the middle with a big ban of silicone.
Rim manufacture has gotten better, or so I think, in the States since then.
One or the primary reason they coat both inside and out or at least the inside is to seal any potential leaks in cast aluminum wheels.
Forged are denser and less prone.
If one of them is leaking in this manner the others may. They maybe the cheapest they could find from China.
Replace them with forged.
These are steel, not aluminum.
