Are you running with Buckled Rims?

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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by signsup » Thu Dec 07, 2017 5:10 pm

May I suggest another use for a bad rim, other than lawn decoration or chucking it out? They make pretty good spare tire wheels on the rear panel. No one knows it wobbles. And, it will still serve as an emergency spare. How many of us actually carry a jack and lug wrench to change a jeep tire and wheel anyway?

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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by Yonder » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:27 am

Thanks for all the interesting replies to my post. My worst bent wheel is indeed the spare, and the other bent one is on the rear left. I will try to find a company (maybe a truck/lorry/bus company) with a 20 ton press arrangement to straighten the wheel for me, but in the meantime I'm still driving the jeep occasionally. The wheels are in good solid condition (no rust) and I don't think there's a safety issue here...but what do YOU think?.. It may concern the occasional driver following behind me, but is it dangerous ? The jeep always passed it's MOT tests OK here in the UK... Richard
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by dpcd67 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:05 am

I read that the new wheels are made in Brazil.
And some operational history; the two piece "combat" rim, was a WW2 idea that never proved worth the extra cost so was dropped from all new vehicle procurement after WW2. The notion that a driver was going to repair a tire, and tube, by himself, in the field away from any organizational maintenance support is not a good use of resources. It was not a requirement after WW2 because it was not deemed necessary. After all, each jeep has a spare, and if you did blow two tires, you could borrow one from another jeep. They are rarely sent out alone. And your maintenance support won't be that far away and could bring you another tire in less time than it takes to fix one. It was a feature that was rarely used.
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by m3bobby » Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:27 am

I asked one of the UK dealers where there black wheels were made and he said South America. As I looked around his stand, another customer asked where he got his wheels from, he replied France. I was confused until he explained he bought them in France because the exchange rate made it better for him to source them from Europe. Perhaps this is where the confusion exists.
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by Fabrizio » Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:45 am

M3bobby; i just saw gpw 6002 inthe jacksonville list by the way ;)
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by m3bobby » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:54 am

Thanks Fabrizio, where could I find the Jacksonville list?
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by Fabrizio » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:10 am

GPW #3606 “LIBBY”
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by Chuck Lutz » Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:17 am

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File #26712
Item #2533

Serial Number 6002
USA Number 2068104
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Re: Are you running with Buckled Rims?

Post by dpcd67 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:42 am

Equivalent to $6500 in today's dollars. People always think those jeeps were cheap; they weren't .
OTOH, a new jeep was $1200.
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