tackhammertime
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I had to replace a front tire today and when the old tire & tube was taken off the rim a chunk of the rim around the valve stem came with it. I brought the rim back to the shop ground out the rot then started to weld a new piece of steel into place. When the welded area started turning colors I remembered the rims were galvanized. I took it out into the fresh air, put on a respirator, and finished welding. Then drilled a new valve stem hole. On my old H the front rims cracked around the tabs and I took them and had them welded. Do these old rims have enough galanize to hurt a person? Just wandering.