Theres a HUGE difference between a great TECH, and a GREAT INSTRUCTOR. You posess the rare quality of being great at BOTH. Fantastic job of explaining this in easy to digest terms.. and ILLUSTRATING IT. Wheel and tire shops everywhere must hate you! great job.

Just used this technique. I am happy to say I didn't find a bent rim, but the process took me up close to my tires to where I could see a deformity in the sidewall. Glad I found that. At least I will go to the tire shop informed.

Very informative haven’t seen such DIY technique of knowing tyre and rim condition. Thanks good job

Great video! Thank you :) I never thought of these ways and the best thing is that it's cheap and seems very accurate too. Thanks again :).

Look I'm a design engineer and I'm amazed how this guy knew how to check

Thanks, your videos are great and this is exactly what I needed

excellent info and thanks for saying it is not scientific. Your intelligence separates you from the rest of the other people on youtube. You earned yourself a thumbs up my friend!

@myRatchets

8 жыл бұрын

+dinoreah 2 Glad you like the video, thanks for commenting.

@daviderhahon

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Great practical and easy-to-follow advice. Thanks a whole heap!

good idea with the screwdriver, i was doing it by eye but this is much much better!

Thank you for the awesome video, all of it was very useful.

Thank you so much! Great tutorial!

Great idea, thanks for sharing!👍🏻

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Excellent video

Good analysis. Thanks

Great info, Thanks!

I like your videos very much. I just wanted to add.. This is a scientific method of checking bent wheels. You are making a crude "feeler gauge" to check for bends. Crude doesn't mean unscientific. :-)

@S.T.R.Y.K.E.R.

3 жыл бұрын

4:53 watch that

@tysonholt2083

8 ай бұрын

Dial indicator is what it is.

very true not to put bent wheel in the front. I switched my back wheels to front and suddenly car started tramlining badly on uneven road. When stopping car almost steered to opposite lane by itself. Very dangerous. It turned out my right rear wheel was bent and I didn't even notice that for a few years until switching to right front.

Very helpful and clever!

Man this is great, thanks for the video

Well done!

Very nice, simple and fast..

Might need to check for cracks if a dent is detected on an alloy rim, alloy rims tend to sometimes crack with impacts, especially custom rims. Just spray dish soap with water to see if any air leaks out of the dent and if it leaks through a crack. If the soap is applied with the car jacked up and there is no leak on a steel or alloy rim, you still might need to check for leaks with the wheel touching the ground because the weight of the car sometimes makes the tire leak through the dent depending where the dent is positioned. Great method to detect dents.

Good deal, keep them coming!

Awesome video!!!!! Soooooooo informative!!!!

Fantastic video

Great video thanks!

Thanks for explaining

So simple and effective

thanks ...great info

Thank you

Excellent ...

Hi boss, Thanks a lot for this video. I will definitely check my tires today. I have a question: how does it feel when you driving on a bend tire? I am asking because when I drive in a very slow velocity on flat surface, mainly in the garage in a mall, it feels like one of my tires is oval shaped. It happens only sometimes and only on some type of surface. However when I drive more than let’s say 15 mph I cannot feel anything. Can this be a bend wheel or shall I look onto suspension? I have balanced my wheels, checked the camber and everything put in norm.....

Just found out my wheel was bent today, had no clue what they were talking about. Saw this video and checked, sure enough, the inside of one of my rims was bent pretty badly. At least now I'm at the end of my journey trying to find out what is causing my vibrations and get it replaced. The old tires were losing air on it.

Thanks for this. Pretty sure I will be discovering I have a bent wheel later today.

Good video! Thanks

@myRatchets

9 жыл бұрын

Jok Joksson np, thanks for watching.

Thanks friend. I got rim rash from hitting a curb at 10 mph. Made a sound like I hit a metal rod because they are steel rims. Impact made the car jolt back and forth. Drives fine.. no veering or noise. I should be fine to go then right? This stress is annoying, I wish I never hit that curb lol

Makes sense. But, how do you check the front wheels when the go out of perpendicular once then leave the ground?

My wheels are staggered and front left wheel it's bent a little like yours, but instead of bent inside it's bent toward outward. So is that ok, will bent wheel become cracked wheel? so far I haven't noticed any vibrations. thanks for the video

I have a bend wheel in the front something like yours. But even with this bent it doesn't shake even at highway speeds of 120 kmh. my tires specs are 185/70/r14.

Will a bent wheel made a steering pull right? Or is it an alignment issue?

Not gonna lie this is pretty smart lol. I've had my car aligned and balanced several times and I also changed the discs, brake pads and even all 4 tires and I still have the vibration. Im gonna try this tomorrow thanks for the informative video man 👍 (f10 5 series)

@new-clear

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! I was advised by several different auto mechanics to replace all the sames stuff on my car and the vibration did not go away. I wonder if the incorrect advice is from auto shop incompetence or scam? Any ideas?

If your car is RWD should you keep a bent rim in the front, or still try to keep it in the back set?

My rear tire has cupping. Didn’t even notice it until I put it on the front. Can a bent m cause the cupping?

quick question, how do you know if it is caused by the hub or not?

Hey, would you mind putting those clickable links in the description too? Iphones and such dont show thos links in the video. Thanks, and good vid.

@myRatchets

9 жыл бұрын

blinkskaterkc Hmm I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know though. From now on they'll be in the description as well. Cheers

I have the exact problem... do you think this is caused by a pot hole? Also had some cheap chinese tires on for a week and now I have a bent wheel. Never cheap out on tires!!

Are bend wheels, fixable or they good as garbage? Would you recommend buying used alloys from kijiji, after watching this it be hard to test if the wheels are even?

Can it make your wheels hop,,? With a wop wop wop sound

Can a bent wheel damage wheel bearings?

Does a warped rim cause squeak sound?

I have a 2006 GMC CANYON and I get a shaking in back my box when I go and 50 60 miles per hour the box shakes up and down ? Wondering if you have any idea (112,773 miles)

@540iDavid

9 жыл бұрын

just looking for truth Thrust arms

also check this out....2007 f150 4x4 xlt. when I bought it I took it to a gravel field and did a clockwise 180. my problem; while I was driving down the street I looked in my left mirror and noticed my back left wheel was wobbling. so I went ahead and bought new wheels and tires for my truck and the rear left wheel steel wall balls now these are new wheels and tires what could my problem possibly be so keep in mind my rear right wheel does not wobble when my rear left will only wobbles

@neilg3364

7 жыл бұрын

Lance Holland you've bent the hub or wheel bearing

Can a bent rim cause a car to feel like it's fishtailing in curves? I got new tires installed and ever since I can't drive it comfortably in curves without praying my back end doesn't flip around. Pressure is good, lug nuts tight. No idea what else it could be.

@mintberry3164

8 жыл бұрын

have someone check your u-joints

can the wheel be balanced if the wheel is bent?

i got a bent wheel and the wheel lost air because of the bent is it really serious problem ?

seems to me this is a good enough way of checking for bent wheels, dont feel like spending money at the shop for this

it's the same as truing a bike wheel. i never thought of it like that.

Can you feel that as a vibration? I have always found it hard to determine how bent does it need to be to be felt?

@myRatchets

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Thompson No I dont feel it in the back right now, its hard to determine how much bent it has to be I guess but if its enough to through off the balance you'll feel it, especially up front through the steering wheel.

Wow, awesome video. Couldn't using a warped rim like you have even in the back eventually damage a good tire somehow?

@madde7

3 жыл бұрын

Yes its gonna cause damage regardless, but most cars are forward wheel drive so is a lot safer and will last just a little longer hanging on the back end. Still, get it fixed but if you need time to, definitely put it in the back end. (:

How hard did you hit the curb for the tire to bend? I assume one has to even be more careful with low profile tires due to easier damage?

@sebastianalvarado2390

3 жыл бұрын

I recently hit a curb going sideways. Was playing in the rain and managed to spin out and hit a curb on my passenger side and slide over the curb onto a hill and off. Bent the wheel dealer told me also was leaking air and paid $300 for new tire and balance. They put the bent wheel on the back and told me I should be fine lol so we’ll see

@jessies.4589

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianalvarado2390 nobody cares lmao

@sebastianalvarado2390

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessies.4589 😂😂😂

Curious, how hard did you hit the curb?

@witgangyounotube287

4 жыл бұрын

totally depends on wheel manufacturer in my opinion, my ford focus mk1 came with alloy wheels and i've hit quite a few curbs at decent speed , and they only got bent sideways, last one i had to leave it at the shop to be straighten out since it was too warped to be counter balanced, but the surprise to me when i saw it was that there was no visible bend in it just the whole thing was not going smooth, like half the wheel was going towards the left and the other half towards the right, no bad up and down , and it was a pretty bad hit, went into a curb with 30-40 km/h at a shallow angle, it was enough to shred a 5 cm hole into the sidewall of the tyre. another curb i hit a while back actually was bad enough to bend the brake disk yet surprisingly the wheel was still ok after that.

Can i still drive a little bit bent rim.

Hay I have a 2001 vw Passat v6 30v I need a video on how to change the thermostat

@myRatchets

9 жыл бұрын

DCUO Baketout watch my video's on timing belt replacement, you'll need to go pretty deep.

@dcuobaketout8728

9 жыл бұрын

RatchetsAnd Wrenches is it next to the water pump behind the timing belt

@myRatchets

9 жыл бұрын

DCUO Baketout Yes

@dcuobaketout8728

9 жыл бұрын

RatchetsAnd Wrenches cool that means I'm almost there good videos by the way there very helpful

Concerning rear wheel drive vehicles, wouldn't it be better for the vehicle to put the bent wheel on the front? May cause vibration and wear suspension/steering parts quicker, but that has to be better than the damage it could do to the rear axles in the differential of a rear wheel drive vehicle.

If an aluminum wheel is bent can it be repaired without repainting it?

@subhanyushan5713

5 жыл бұрын

commonly they have to be heated on the bent area and press it, but maybe it can be if your wheel has just a slight bent

Question is: HOW DO YOU FIX THEM NOT HOW DO YOU AVOID THEM

this guys voice is so similar to zedomax

Juanito

Curb rash? You can get a cream for that at the drug store. :) Like the video. Thanks.

@myRatchets

9 жыл бұрын

pumpkincontest lol good one.

After you diagnose a bend you need to remove the wheel and check the hub. If the force was enough to bend a wheel considerably where you can feel it, there is a good chance the hub is also bent furthering the damage to your wallet..... So drive carefully.

thE Oooold scrU drIvr tech. - btw it ISssz ‘scientific’ ✋

So you're saying after the whole diy video you still need to take it to a shop wtf then why make the vid

@dilenstalion3823

2 жыл бұрын

Well this video consists of EXACTLY. What the title says.. It doesnt say " How to check for and fix bent wheels"