Welding Up a Cracked Rim

[burnieman]

I'M STILL ALIVE!!! One week after the rim weld repair, it still has not exploded. I'm still not brave enough to drive it to school and risk having it explode there killing hundreds of chitlins in the process...

Did you heat treat the steel? What stick did you use? Or was it MIG? Did you drill holes to stop the crack? What size rim is it? Bolt pattern? Did you talcam powder test the weld? You shoulda just used JB Weld. And how about a tube ? Didja use a tube? How bout that locktite stuff? Did you use it? That's even better than JB Weld? It's still early. That rim could splode at any moment causing carnage like you've never seen. And how does it handle the freeway speeds? Any vibrations? Please fill us in. We've really been on the edge of our seats waiting to hear. Got any pictures?