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4th Apr 2022, 04:37 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Re-rolling steel rims
I know there are mobs out there that do it professionally, but does anyone have experience with re-rolling steel rims in a home workshop?
Specifically I'm looking at a more practical way of truing up the rim profile on old landrover wheels. They often end up slightly bent due to various things - even dropping one on the concrete from waist height tends to deform the edge. Usually I just beat them into submission with a hammer and dolly and occasionally a bit of heat until they are reasonable, but its time consuming and if you're not careful can end up with a more general out of true that is then harder to remove.
I've seen videos of wheel rolling machines that take flat steel stock and form the profile and 360deg ring at the same time, but they are serious powered production machines with hydraulics etc, and the rim doesn't have a center in it.
Wondering if it might be possible to set up a custom ring roller style machine with profiled rollers that you mount the complete rim into (ideally on its normal mount holes to ensure concentricity) and then be manually cranked around - adjusting the roller positions to true the profile up as you go.
Hopefully that description makes sense!
Steve
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5th Apr 2022, 12:31 PM #2
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hi
What model LR ? You might be better off if you can find some good replacement rims , LR rims are pretty common but the offset and the rim width dimensions are not all the same . I have a couple of army 2A rims but they are only good for the 7.50 tyres , the Series 1 used narrower tyres with a 5" rim .
This is a good read https://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-i-...2618-rims.html
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5th Apr 2022, 09:31 PM #3Most Valued Member
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Mostly its tubeless D1 rims or aftermarket that I mess around with.
I've got plenty of wheels around - more than I need in fact! They are pretty variable condition wise though. If they were all nice and true they would be worth at least a few beer tickets, but basically scrap value if they aren't.
As much as anything I was asking on the offchance that someone had already been down that road, and knew whether or not it was achievable. At a basic level its a set of 3 profiled rollers with at least one of them being driven. A ring roller on steroids sort of thing.
I'm planning to make a ring roller at some stage, so if it was just a case of making allowance for some wider rollers and slightly more substantial shafts I'd likely do it. If it definitely needs something that weighs 400kg, has 60mm shafts and requires 5Hp to drive it then its not happening!
Steve
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11th Apr 2022, 07:02 PM #4Member
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Yes been there done that
Hi Mate
Yes i have successfully straightened motorcycle rims and wheels as well as steel i use a 5 ton porta power small ram with profiled top
i use my bench which is 20 mm steel plate and either a hub from the wreckers or a axle spigoted to the the bench and then a tapered plate on the top to fit the back end of the cylinder against
use some heat on ally so You cannot almost touch it
south america is you friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyWr...MTCuQ&index=54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y40q...MTCuQ&index=55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=148v...MTCuQ&index=56
Good luck mate its easy i built one similar to post 2 on the youtube list but really post 1 is the easiest to do
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11th Apr 2022, 09:27 PM #5Most Valued Member
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Thanks for that - great info and gives me a good place to start.
Steve
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12th Apr 2022, 02:28 AM #6Most Valued Member
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Found this on You Tub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYrIgCMhMyI
at around the 5min mark is where the rim is actually formed.
If you built yourself a machine to do this, you'd need to be extremely careful that you didn't over roll the edges, allowing the tyre to blow off on impact with something.
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