Originally Posted by
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The fact that the rim didn't split there suggests that the spoke hole support there is now more stress-relieved, so perhaps even better than on the rest of the rim's spoke sockets
I wouldn't go that far. Aluminum doesn't have a bounce back like steel, it doesn't recover from that sort of metal fatigue and that is a very high stress area; just trying to true the wheel could pull the nipple through. Having said that a nipple washer could reinforce it so it can end up more structurally sound than when brand new but without the washer.
He could nipple-washer the whole rim or just the problem child. The large oval nipple washers would add a tad of weight but make them bullet proof:
