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I was doing and inspection of my car today and I noticed this crack through the spoke of my rim.

Is this repairable and would it be safe to drive to a tyre centre?

I live in Rosanna, northern suburbs of Melbourne. Any rim repairers you guys can recommend that I can ring up and check?

Has anyone else had problems with rims cracking before? The brand I've got is BSA.

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I was doing and inspection of my car today and I noticed this crack through the spoke of my rim.

Is this repairable and would it be safe to drive to a tyre centre?

I live in Rosanna, northern suburbs of Melbourne. Any rim repairers you guys can recommend that I can ring up and check?

Has anyone else had problems with rims cracking before? The brand I've got is BSA.

I just rang up a local wheel repairer and he said they don't repair crack wheels, and he doesn't know of anyone who does.

Is that right? I was reading a couple of posts on this forum and it seems like people have got their crack rims repaired before.

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GET THAT OFF YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW

Do NOT drive anywhere on that at all!!

No one will repair a cast rim that is cracked like that- dependent on how old it is, maybe try and hit up BSA to replace under warranty.

Yeah, I already removed the wheel on Saturday quick smart. I bought these rims second hand off someone from these forums. Unfortunately I can't remember who, and I doubt there's any chance of getting it replaced under warranty.

I rang up a wheel shop for replacement, he quoted me $250. Now I'm just looking for a good place to buy a replacement around Melbourne. Any good recommendations?

I have no idea how it fractured like this, I didn't hit anything. I'm suspecting it's poor quality or previous owner caused some damage to it.

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Has anyone else had problems with BSA that they would like to share? I just did a search on google and came across this post.

http://www.trackchat.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=766

I don't want to buy a replacement for this wheel if this problem can occur on the other ones. I don't know what to do know. Should I contact BSA? Or speak to a tire place? The wheel shop that I called on Saturday said they'll ring me back on Monday about the new one that I wanted to purchase. Should I tell them what happened and bring it in to show them? I don't know if they would be willing to help me as I never purchased the wheels of them in the first place.

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i would def try and get a replacement.

a good manufacturer should stand by their product - regardless of proof of purchase. As long as it isn't 200 years old and obviously not been used "in the fashion it was designed to be"...

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