Cracked Fuch, Can this be repaired Options

[larryg]

Am having 4 spoke fuchs polished and discovered a crack. Am sending it out to see if it can be safely repaired. Thoughts?

[ClayPerrine]

I have two that have cracked.

I think it is a function of them being 40 years old, and in our case, extra stress from lots of AX events.

Here is what we did with the nicely polished one that cracked:




It now resides in our 914 themed den.





The light is made with an early 911 air filter for a shade. The beer glass is from the PCA Parade in 2004 in Fort Worth, and the coasters are miniature brake rotors in a caliper for a holder.

[Phoenix914]

I have two that have cracked.

I think it is a function of them being 40 years old, and in our case, extra stress from lots of AX events.

Here is what we did with the nicely polished one that cracked:

It now resides in our 914 themed den.

The light is made with an early 911 air filter for a shade. The beer glass is from the PCA Parade in 2004 in Fort Worth, and the coasters are miniature brake rotors in a caliper for a holder.

Clay, your table rocks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Could you give some details of how you made it? If one of my wheels should happen to have a crack in it...

[ClayPerrine]

Clay, your table rocks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Could you give some details of how you made it? If one of my wheels should happen to have a crack in it...

Buy a wooden top stool from IKEA. Shorten the legs about 4 inches so that the top of the wheel is a little lower than the arm of the couch. Throw the wooden blocks for the stool top away. Go to the hardware store and buy nuts and washers to fit the stock steel lug bolts. Center the wheel on the stool and drill the 4 holes for the lug bolts. Deburr the holes, then paint the top of the stool with a very thick coat of silver paint. Wait for it to partially dry, then take a paint brush and wipe the top of the stool in a circular motion. This will make the metal top of the stool look like a used brake rotor. Paint the tire mounting surface black and bolt the rim on the stool. Then get a 17 inch circular piece of glass and some silicone rubber disks to stick to the rim to insulate the glass. The center cap hole is filled by a 356 emblem that was no longer usable, but you can put whatever you want in there.

[Phoenix914]

Buy a wooden top stool from IKEA. Shorten the legs about 4 inches so that the top of the wheel is a little lower than the arm of the couch. Throw the wooden blocks for the stool top away. Go to the hardware store and buy nuts and washers to fit the stock steel lug bolts. Center the wheel on the stool and drill the 4 holes for the lug bolts. Deburr the holes, then paint the top of the stool with a very thick coat of silver paint. Wait for it to partially dry, then take a paint brush and wipe the top of the stool in a circular motion. This will make the metal top of the stool look like a used brake rotor. Paint the tire mounting surface black and bolt the rim on the stool. Then get a 17 inch circular piece of glass and some silicone rubber disks to stick to the rim to insulate the glass. The center cap hole is filled by a 356 emblem that was no longer usable, but you can put whatever you want in there.

Thanks for the great writeup. It almost makes me hope I find a bad one. Almost.