I've had a bent rim on the rear of my truck for two years. The ride has always been extra shaky as the wheel cannot be balanced. I've made several attempts to find one on craigslist, the wanted forums, etc.... Got one once from a junk yard but found out it too was bent.

So I'm in the SF bay area. Does anyone have any idea where I can get a rim to fit my dually?

Thanks for any help,

--Chris

 

Is it a single rear wheel or a dual rear wheel?

 

Dual rear wheel.

 

I looked at a couple of places and the only one I found was Arrowcraft, which sells dually modification kits for 3/4 tons. The wheels they offer look stock.

see http://www.arrowcraft.com/index.php

 

Several places, both on the "net" and otherwise, have direct replacement coined DRW wheels.

I bought a hub-centric non-flanged DRW wheel at the truck supply in the next town over for $88 five years ago; I figure since the new administration, Katrina, and other causes, that these same wheels are most likely well over $100 each now.


NEVER buy a wheel of any type from a junk-yard, unless it being warped is not going to be a problem.


In my business, I have reason to deal with countless wheels every day and I have NEVER put a junk-yard wheel on the arbor and it run true --- NEVER, not even once.


Aluminum wheels are the worst offenders, as they warp so easily, but the steels from the junk-yard are always warped also.



Another thing to beware of when buying a used coined DRW wheel is flattening/distortion of the coins, which makes that wheel a junk wheel.


What causes this flattening of the coins is either someone trying to run a coined wheel paired with a non-coined hub-centric wheel; or, someone not aligning the two wheels properly and having the coins against each other, instead of nested together.

Ruined coins is an all too common occurence which I see often.

 

Southwest Wheel had new coined dually rims a few years ago, I bought a set from them.

 

HERE :


http://www.southwestwheel.com/store/...k-and-van.aspx


They did have the earlier models listed, but I am not finding them now.

If you can't find them on the site, give them a call; as, I am certain that they will still have them.

 

Yeah, everybody knows Dodge didn't start building trucks until 1994.