Get in the car last week, TPMS light is on. Front tire is low so I fill it up and found screw in tire. Go to the place where I have tires fixed and he plugs it. Next morning I start the car, the light's back on. Fill the tire and go back to the place tell him tire's not fixed. He pulls the wheel off and we put it in the water tub. Find a leak where the rim is cracked. About an inch extending from the lip for the bead to about a half inch inside the wheel. I figured I'd have to buy a new rim, he tells me he can glue it. I was skeptical but I let him go ahead. Cracks the tire off the bead and puts a glop of silicon sealant, the kind you'd use on a bathtub over the crack. Takes out a blow dryer and heats it up. Refills tire and puts back on the car. Been driving it a week and about 350 miles. No problems. Cost me $10.

 

Does not sound safe to me!!!! That rim needs to be welded!! Bring it to WHEEL FIX IT in Freeport. Phone 516-825-0600. They do good work and it will be fixed right. Don't play games with a cracked wheel.

 

++++++1 to that.
Silicon sealant may well resolve the air leak, but it does nothing for the wheel integrity with cracked wheel.
Even welding is at best a stop-gap measure, as it is surface only welding, not even close to the original strength.

 

Was his tire mounting machine under a big 'ol oak tree too?

 

Ah yes...the DUCT TAPE proceedure. Nice.

 

Wait till you hit a pot hole and that silicone is going to blow out of that hole quickly...

 

Cracks just do not stop, they keep on growing in length.

 

Im with everyone else replace that rim soon & be safe not worth the risk !!!

 

Come on guys. As long as he does not drive over 20 mph he should be fine.