When a client comes into your shop with a bent rim, they may already be dreading the hefty investment of a new wheel. But in some cases, full replacement is unnecessary. Whether you operate an auto body garage, service shop or work as a mechanic, offering a rim straightening service can set you apart from the competition.
The technology can fix rims, as opposed to making your clients throw hundreds of dollars at a new wheel, which can be more expensive on larger automobiles like trucks, luxury cars and SUVs. Tossing out rims that are merely bent or damaged but otherwise in good condition is not the best resolution.
North American Auto Equipment carries a range of straightening models to help any garage keep up with rim straightening requests. In particular, if you operate in states with horrible roads, our solutions can give you a competitive edge.
Rims are the link between the tires and axle of a car. When damaged, the results can affect the entire performance of a vehicle. Any substantial impact can cause bends in a wheel, and if you don't take care of it right away, a bent rim can impact the safety measures put in place and cause a tire to leak. Common culprits that impair rims and wheels include:
Potholes alone can generate about $3 billion in vehicle damage each year. In the United States, about 15% of rural roads are in “poor condition,” which increases the likelihood of bent rims. The top five states with the worst back roads and their percentage of poor rural conditions are as follows:
Indications of a bent rim can range from a vibrating steering wheel, vibration in the seat and less handling control to a tire scallop, a decline in fuel economy and a thumping sound while driving.
As a result, the damage can result in poor car performance, such as:
Both steel and alloy rims are susceptible to denting, but thankfully, you can straighten both rims with solutions from North American Auto Equipment. Materials for an alloy or aluminum wheel include aluminum and nickel. With less nickel, the rim is lighter, but more prone to dents. More nickel makes it heavier and easier to crack, but more durable against bending.
Specific methods of rim repair are unsafe and can put the car in danger of further damage. The best practice is relying on experts to perform rim straightening with the proper tools and techniques. But even then, the use of inadequate methods may be apparent.
One thing you should never do is try to hammer out a bend on an aluminum wheel.
Back in the day, it did the job for steel wheels to keep the air in the tire. But if you hammer an alloy wheel, it can crack and destroy the material. The rim and wheel won’t be the same or as durable. Hammering a wheel can also be less precise and not relieve the vibration issues. Never treat an alloy wheel as a steel one, because it can cause worse damage to the rim.
Don’t encourage DIY rim straightening with gadgets on the market. Products found online can often destroy a wheel even further. Without the precision of straightening technology, your clients will suffer from further rim problems.
Never continue to drive on a bent rim, either. Encourage your clients to come in for a repair as soon as possible. As mentioned before, a dented wheel rim and increase the chances of the issues spreading to other areas of a vehicle. It also creates a hazardous situation for any driver.
Your technicians and mechanics require proper training on how to operate a rim straightening machine.
While the hydraulics perform most of the hard manual labor, your workers still control the entire process. They guide the machine to align the dent and feel for the flexibility of the rim to ensure cracks don’t begin to form.
Using a rim straightener is the best method vs. DIY attempts like banging out a dent with a hammer. The technology keeps the durability of the rim intact and doesn’t sacrifice the safety of the wheel. If a vehicle owner continues to drive on a bent rim, it can cause more fatigue, increasing the chance of cracks. An out-of-round wheel can affect the safety of a car, as well as the smoothness and wear of the tires. Other issues can arise like alignment problems and a decrease in fuel economy.
When you implement the right technique, however, you can save a wheel and inhibit other damages from occurring. Within your shop or garage, make sure your technicians use safe and effective methods.
There are two techniques you can use — cold roller or hydraulic assistance.
The cold roller process is not preferable, as it has a higher risk of cracking a wheel, leaving it weaker than before. Hydraulic assistance technology is where an operator places a wheel on the machine’s rack, which centers it. Then, a dial gauge reads the wheel’s accuracy in roundness. Since aluminum is malleable, the straightener heats the alloy to soften it, reducing the risk of cracking. Heat also loosens the crystalline structure of the material, relieving the stress and tension in the alloy the bend caused.
The metal retains a sort of memory, but as the alloy cools back into place after straightening, it resets the memory and strengthens the internal structure. Working with specialized rim straightening tools like hydraulic rams, technicians press out the bends. The hydraulic pressure bends the wheel back into place.
It’s often easier to straighten damage that’s on the inside of a wheel because there are no spokes in the way. Your workers should not only train on how to operate a straightening machine, but also understand the feel of the wheel as it’s being reset, determining when it is soft vs.
brittle.
Benefits of using a hydraulic straightening machine include:
The process of straightening a rim begins by lifting the vehicle and removing the rim from the wheel.
Right away, rule out the possibility of the problem being an imbalance issue. An inspection from a mechanic should include measuring the run-out and checking for cracks that may make it unsalvageable.
The run-out on the fixed tire should be between zero and 10 thousandths of an inch from being round. In the case of a bent rim, the gauge will likely spin all the way around, indicating it’s over 90-thousandths of an inch out, resulting in a wobbling wheel. A standard factory-made rim will be between 10 and 30-thousandths of an inch out. If it’s more than 30, repairs are necessary.
If you are working with a steel rim, steps include:
Using a North American Auto Equipment induction heater, you will need to heat the aluminum rim to between 160 and 180 degrees Fahrenheit. We also offer different angles for the pressing process, and a lathe attachment is standard with our straightening machines to help clean aluminum and some steel rims. It’s vital to implement different mechanical tips and angels for the best results, too. If you are operating on an alloy rim, conduct the following:
Once you straighten the bend, mount, balance and install it back onto the vehicle. You can fix dented or damaged wheels, but not ones that are split or cracked. With North American Auto Equipment solutions, your garage can make straightened rims look new with a fine polish to eliminate scuffs and other marks. Cut a new profile to smoother over any lips or burrs that can cause leaks, and you have a functioning wheel again.
Sometimes the idea of buying a new rim may scare off car owners because it’s a hefty cost for what seems like a small dent. But if your auto garage or service shop offers car owners the bonus of straightening aluminum and steel rims, you can support a massive clientele. Supporting them for less money on their end and less hassle on yours is a win-win.
Especially when it comes to vehicles that drive on horrible road conditions, your service will be a go-to for so many.
With potholes, road hazards, manholes and other debris in the road, cars can receive extreme levels of rim damage. Pennsylvania is ranked eighth on the top 10 list of states that have poor pavement conditions. Imagine how much worse the other states are and how many damaged rims occur each year.
North American Auto Equipment rim straightener machines can handle a range of rim types and sizes. Our technology can straighten, cut and polish steel or alloy wheels, while some can even withstand up to 30-inch rims. The solutions can help you eliminate the time it takes to source the exact wheels and rims for customers and help save money when possible.
Garages that can service damaged rims are successful because they can serve more drivers. Throwing out rims isn’t cost-effective for anyone. Because our various models can support a range of vehicles, you can help your customers get back to driving safer and within their budget. Taking off the wheel, making a few presses against the rim and assembling the wheel again is simple.
Advantages of having a rim straightener in your shop include:
When your technicians fix the rim on a truck, car or SUV, problems such as alignment issues, poor gas mileage, vibrations and uneven tire wear become obsolete. Prices of repairs for your clients will depend on the size of the wheel and location of the dent, along with the number of bends, severity and the type of wheel finish.
Yours will be the one garage drivers can rely on for a convenient and cost-effective fix that gets them back to traveling faster. You can also gain a high return on investment and continue to promote safety for your clients.
North American Auto Equipment is a hands-on company that strives to provide honest sales to match your expectations. As a family-owned and -operated business, we not only deliver equipment from our warehouse, but we also offer parts for the equipment we sell, along with tech support.
Our professionals provide honest, straightforward answers to give you the solutions that parallel your exact requirements.
North American Auto Equipment offers a one-year warranty on parts and a five-year warranty on machines. We work with top brands in the industry and test all the equipment before selling. We know rim straightening machines can be what your shop needs to extend its services.
Browse our rim straightener machines that will deliver fast ROI for your garage or contact a North American Auto Equipment technician by phone at 866-607-4022. You can also message us online. We are always updating our catalog, so be sure to check in often.
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Discount 1 Price:Any orders purchasing $0 to $100 dollars receive this special pricing$1795.00
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Superior Restoration Products Inc has now available a unique system designed for repairing curb-damaged wheels.
This technique will produce efficient and effective results for the mobile reconditioning jobber. Now these techniques have been packaged into the Imperial Wheel Refinishing System. The system comes as a complete kit with a user-friendly manual. Its design was formatted so that it fits every user, from the experienced reconditioning jobber to a novice in this field.
In the Imperial Wheel Refinishing System you will find:
The Imperial Wheel Refinishing System has proven to be a sustaining singular line of work in the refinishing field. This is a business opportunity. It has also been a much needed complementary line for current jobbers to stay competitive.
*Air compressor must be purchased separately.
For recommendations, please call your distributor
Superior Restoration Products Inc is offering the Imperial Wheel Refinishing System, a completely new mobile rim repair service business. This easy to learn, quickly to repair, trouble-free method, will insure confidence for you and your customer.
The copyrighted training manual and technical service line may be all the refinisher needs to get started. Re-supply costs are less than 3% of gross sales. One day training classes (if needed) are available
Mobile wheel refinishing will be the next large volume business, as was dent repair a few years ago. Be the first in your area to offer this service. Superior is offering this high demand product in limited areas as not to saturate the market.
Price discounts available only in domestic USA
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Approximately 20 - 25% of truck tires receive light local damage during the operation of motor vehicles - holes, cuts, cracks, etc.
Without timely repair, after 5-6 thousand kilometers, they increase, tires are written off as scrap.
Damaged chambers are repaired if they are not damaged by oil products, there is no porosity and hardening of the walls, there are no bedsores with a depth of more than 0.5 mm at the bend points, the size of the damage does not exceed the overall capabilities of the vulcanizing apparatus, i.e. approximately 150 mm.
Pyrotechnic briquettes or portable battery-powered electric vulcanizers are used to repair cameras on the road. Recently, self-vulcanizing materials that do not require heating have become widespread.
bead expanders and spreaders are used to spread tire beads during their inspection and repair.
Electric vulcanizers for repairing tubes and non-penetrating tire damage are available in models 6134, 6140, Sh-109, Sh-112, Sh-113.
Plugs are used to repair small punctures.
Vulcanization tires is carried out on special equipment, in which the tire is installed, and a pressure device is placed inside the tire along its profile.
Heating of the damaged area can be one- or two-sided, in which the curing time is reduced by 25 - 30%.
Pneumatic bead expanders models KS-116 and QD-52 are designed for expanding the bead of tires of cars and trucks when repairing local damage.
The expander consists of a single-acting pneumatic cylinder. The cylinder cover is a fixed grip, and a movable grip is mounted on the rod. There is a three-position button control valve in the body. The expander is carried by the handle, powered from the pneumatic network through a filter-moisture holder and a pressure reducing valve adjusted to a pressure of 0.5 MPa.
Bead expanders with manual drive are designed for widening the bead of passenger car tires. They are used when inspecting and repairing local damage at service stations, tire shops, etc.
TS-S202 pneumatic vertical bead expander model TS-S202 manufactured by TROMMELBERG is intended for servicing tires of passenger cars, small trucks and minibuses.
It is equipped with a lamp, an air preparation unit and two control pedals; foot control; allows for inspection, grinding, cleaning dirt, installation of an internal camera and installation of patches; suitable for tires with a diameter of 11-24 inches and a width of 145-175 mm, the operating air pressure is 6-8 bar, the lamp power supply is 12 V, weight 69kg. The light source on a flexible leg allows you to carefully examine the inner surface of the tire.
Pneumatic bead expander Ш-202 - portable, with a pneumatic drive, designed for spreading tire beads during their inspection and installing air bags for repairing damaged areas.
The spreader is a device with a pneumatic lifter designed to spread the tire beads with the help of a pneumatic drive and manually rotate the tire when inspecting and repairing local damage. Some spreader models are equipped with an electric drive of support rollers and a special lamp on a flexible arm.
They are recommended for servicing tires of trucks, road construction and other equipment.
For the repair of truck tires, domestic stands of models Sh-509, Sh-513 are produced. They are equipped with pressure hydraulic devices that create forces up to 250 kN for simultaneous pressing of the tire beads along the entire circumference of the rim.
Electric vulcanizer is a device designed for repairing rubber products, re-sealing tyres, tubeless tires and some other types of rubber products.
Vulcanization is the process of interaction of rubber with various vulcanizing agents, in which the rubber molecules are connected to each other in a single network. The use of various materials as vulcanizing agents makes it possible to obtain different properties of the final product.
Distinguish cold and hot vulcanization. Cold is essentially a conventional bonding, hot is a heating process (usually up to 140-145 ° C) under pressure.
For the repair of car tires, it is preferable to use the hot vulcanization method, since it is more reliable. A tire repaired by this method is able to serve its entire warranty period without any complaints. In addition, hot-curing repair materials and patches are substantially cheaper than cold-curing patches. The time it takes to repair a hot vulcanized tire is also much less.
Professional vulcanizer with bottom heater surface shape control and automatic temperature control of both heaters; built-in vulcanization timer, cabinet for consumables; power supply 220 V, maximum current consumption 4 A, heating time from 20 to 160 °C is no more than 20 minutes, heater temperature up to 300 °C.
benchtop vulcanizer with automatic electronic temperature controller for car, truck, bus and tractor tyres; power supply 220 V, maximum current consumption 10 A, heater temperature 130-135 °C, tire surface temperature 120-130 °C.
Design features: two heating heads for fast and reliable vulcanization; the fixed rotary console with the top heating head; electronic temperature controller; the fixed rotary console with the top heating head.
Some models of electric vulcanizers, such as VULMEC, have one heating element. On the VM 90/Super model, the repaired surfaces are pressed manually (using a handwheel), while on the PN 100//MAXI "Pneumatic" a pneumatic clamping device is installed.
Universal vulcanizers manufactured by Duplex and TECH (USA) are suitable for repairing car, truck tires and tubes.
Vulcanizer domestic production with pneumatic drive "Maxi" includes two heating elements with variable geometry of the working surface.
Pressure in the repair area is carried out using a pneumatic cylinder. The possibility of installing a temperature control module allows you to set the vulcanization temperature with an accuracy of 1 °C. The greatest convenience in working with the Maxi vulcanizer is achieved when it is placed on a pedestal, however, separately supplied brackets allow the vulcanizer to be placed on a vertical surface. In order to increase the service life of heating elements and pneumatic system vulcanizer used air preparation system.
The work cycle is carried out by the control unit without operator intervention. The new improved control panel with a four-digit indicator significantly facilitates the work of the operator behind the vulcanizer.
The vulcanizer "Kid" is equipped with a heating element oval . The design of the housing allows you to mount the vulcanizer, both on a horizontal and vertical surface (both on the surface of the desktop and on the wall). "Baby" is equipped with manual clamp lever type, which allows you to simplify and speed up the fixation of the camera being repaired. The same purpose is served by a quick-release connection of the heating element with the rod of the lever clamp.
Clamp working surface temperature (150±10%) 0 C; the working stroke of the rod of the upper clamp is 55 mm; supply voltage (220±10%) V; power consumption 600 W
Electric vulcanizer rolling "Elf" with two heating elements allows repairing large diameter tires and vulcanizer with a 300 W timer allows repairing vehicle inner tubes.
Four wheels make it easy to bring the vulcanizer to the area to be repaired. The design of the body bracket of the Elf vulcanizer allows operation both in a vertical and horizontal position, and a pneumatic lift provides a clear installation of clamps on the repaired area of the tire without undue physical effort on the part of the repair specialist, respectively, reducing the time of installing the tire on the vulcanizer and the duration of the work cycle.
Wheel test bath AC-103 is intended for use in tire shops. It has excellent protection against corrosion and is optimally sized to allow inspections on wheels with large radii.
To facilitate the process of immersing a wheel or tire, some types of baths are fitted with lifts. Bathtubs are intended for check of chambers and tires of cars and trucks.
Mold model Sh-120 is designed for repairing through local damages of the tread and side part tires 330-405 mm (13-16 in.
) rim size hot vulcanized.
Bench type - stationary, fixed to the foundation, with electric oil heating, automatic temperature and curing time control, with one-sided or two-sided heating, depending on the air bag used.
Mold is an electric heating and shaping device. Its main components are a cast hollow body with a stand, heating elements, a lever-screw clamping device, a pneumatic unit, an electrical cabinet, a varo bag and a set of replaceable aluminum linings to ensure the repair of tires of various sizes. The inner cavity of the trough is filled with a coolant (mineral oil), the outer walls of the body are thermally insulated. Maintaining the temperature regime of vulcanization is provided automatically with the help of a manometric thermometer. The clamping device ensures a stable position of the tire, the upper lining and the brew bag during the operation of the trough. The varomny bag installed in the course of work in the tire works from a pneumatic network of 0,5 MPas and provides pressing of a zone of the repaired site.
