Old 06-23-12, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
Seems like somebody on BF had made a jig to hold a rim stationary and press/pull on high/low spots to bend them back into true... can't find it now, of course.
I made a plywood jig and straightened a flat spotted rim with c-clamps once, and it worked well. I don't think I posted about it.

However, within a few hundred miles the rim seam (very near the flat spot) started showing signs of coming apart.

Coincidence? Not sure.
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