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Can a Buckled Alloy be dangerous?

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  • 04-05-2006 2:19pm
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    LFCFan
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    I recently found that my left front side Alloy is buckled which is causing the car to vibrate over a certain speed (originally thought it was the balancing as I recently got new tyres). Anyway, is this something I should get fixed ASAP? Can a buckle lead to other problems?


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    Seth Brundle
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    It depends on how bad the buckle is. However, the fact that the car was vibrating is not a good sign as it must have been fairly bad.
    Whatever way it went could lead to a blow out or something so my thoughts are to get it fixed somewhere reputable - search this forum for places but Dave Mccann in Coolmine springs to mind.


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    bringoutthegimp
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    Well straight away you are at the very least looking at uneven thread wear on your tyres, which as kbannon said could eventually lead to serious problems like a blow out.

    I wonder would it also be putting undue stress on the wheel joints etc as well, with constant vibration.


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    bazz26
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    As already mentioned it really depends on how bad the buckle is. A really bad buckle will cause the car to wobble which is very noticable when driving and it will probably damage the tyre. This could eventually result in a blow out at high speed.

    A small buckle may still cause a vibration, you could try and move the buckled wheel to the rear of the car where it may not be as noticable when driving.

    To be honest I would try and get it repaired if possible.


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    peasant
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    There would also be the minor matter of Aluminium (alloy) being nowhere near as hard and strong as steel ... especially cast aluminium.

    What looks like "just" a buckle from the outside, might actually be hiding a major fault inside the wheel, like a hairline crack where you can't see it.

    Another big bump to that wheel (like hitting a pothole) and that wheel could just disintegrate.

    Get it changed.


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    LFCFan
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    I brought it to Dave McCann and they said there wasn't anything visible wrong with it so it was probably a problem inside so they couldn't fix it. They balanced it as best they could and told me to switch it with one of the rear wheels. I'm going to get a new one from Ford though anyway to be on the safe side.


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