Wheel rim bead out of alignment

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Kata
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Wheel rim bead out of alignment

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Just had a couple of advisories on my MOT saying that the rear wheel has a slightly distorted bead rim either side. Weird as it wasn't on the last mot they did a couple hundred miles before and I've not hit any potholes but anyway....

Just been to platinum wheels and their equipment to test/repair won't work on bike wheels.

Any where that can fix this?

I could probably buy a second hand wheel but might end up with same issue!
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Jug
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Re: Wheel rim bead out of alignment

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Are you sure it's the wheel and not just the tyre?

Should be easy to rig up something to check it while it's still on the bike, just needs a securely mounted pointer from the swing arm.
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