i was out a couple weeks ago run down a dirt road right after it rained and before everything was said and done i ended up sliding into a ditch on the side of the road once i got out of the ditch and stopped to check everything out open and the door and all i heard was the air coming out of one of my tires all in all when i took the wheel and tire to the local tire shop for what i thought was a hole in my tire turns out the guy walked back in saying i needed a new wheel well instead of going that way i decided id try to weld it up instead since i work at a welding shop and have the access to a tig welder here is the final outcome of welding after two tries and having the tire unmounted and remounted several times

inside of the wheel after the tire was unmounted sorry bout the crappy cell phone picture
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heres the outside of the wheel afteri finally got the weld to seal


and heres is a another small hole that resulted from the rock

 

Any problems with balancing tire after repair?

 

That is my question as well. That has got to throw the balance way off. Curious to see how large a weight is needed to offset that.

 

Nope no problem with the balancing ill post a picture of the amount of weight tomorrow

 

heres all the weight that it took to balance out the weld

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It only took 3 large ones lol

 

yeah but definately better than buy a new wheel

 

I agree.

 

I think all in all I only spent around 40 bucks and that was for the numerous times at the tire shop