I am faced with another issue, this time on my front rim. It has a crack on both sides in the same spot, but doesn't run all the way through.
I spoke to a guy at my local shop who I buy stuff from, who also rides, and he says I can get it welded, strong weld instead of pretty weld, and it should hold up. But he can also offer me a new rim and spokes for R2000 / $168,29, but will set me back a lot with the bike build.
As this is a safety concern for me I am almost leaning more towards the side of spending the money to have a piece of mind when I ride, but if you guys think the weld will hold up well for a long time, I will prefer to go with that.
Any thoughts on that?
I went through the same thing with my 87 KX 250 build.
I had a machine shop say "yeah we can weld it" and the work was done by a young guy and I paid $60.
I told him not to grind the weld on the outside....which he did anyway, and I had to take it back again since I saw a hairline crack in the weld. I could do a better job myself.
$60 down the drain and l couldn't get my money back since "the work was already done" and I didn't feel "safe" riding it that way.
Plus the rim was probably brittle anyway being it was from 1987.
I know it's an extra expense, but do yourself a favor (like I was told, and should have listened) and replace the rim and spokes.
I eventually bought new spokes from this place,
http://www.radmfg.com/ for around $60...mention your a member of ADV rider and get a .....I think 10% discount.
Then I bought Warp 9 rims from Rocky Mountain.
I did both front and back and I "feel" safer rider it.
Just my 2 cents
dinky,