100% supposition , also a Engineer and depending on the composition (metallurgy) of the Metal Rod in question and span or the guage of tubing square or round or Schedule 40 / 80 / 120 or xx wall thickness will determine the structural rigidity . As a Engineer the Term SWL should ring a Bell ? Were talking Lawn Tractors Bro , not Pagotta structural roof trusses lol . There are numerous Welding Techniques which can be utilized to strengthen tubular or solid steel axles , case hardening , stress relieving or simple gusseting or fish plating to name a few . If you wish to discuss Metallurgy , then start a new thread not add on to a old thread , with no relevant use . Don't know where lex was coming from since no body said solid vs tubular (hollow) was better or worse ??? They were debating Craftsman vs Gravely and Cast Iron vs Carbon Stl. Not Rocket Science . Anyhow start a new thread in the Future !

My 0.02 1) For a front drive vehicle I suspect that an unbalanced or damaged rim would be more noticeable on the drive/steering wheels on the front then if it were on the rear. 2) $260 for an OEM rim these days is not really that bad. 3) Unbalanced/damaged rims can cause uneven and/or premature wear on new tires. 4) Given the popularity of Hondas, and the tendency for Honda owners to "ugrade" they're cars with aftermarket rims, (maybe not so much the van owners though)I would suspect that a rim is pretty readily available from sources other than retail at a dealership. Check ebay or if you know anyone in the repair business that can check the local salvage yards I'd wager you can get a better price. 5) Sight unseen, and based solely on your service guys comments, I'd recommend replacing that rim and keeping up with the tire rotation. Good luck

I totally agree with you that it seems like an unfair burden for her mother to be placing on her. Please don't think that by what I am about to say that I am in any way critisizing or trying to you what YOU should do. I am simply relaying what my husband and I did, and please also understand that we expected, and received, full reciprocation from her mother and SF. When my SDs started getting into those teen years to where they began complaining about something at the other parent's house that was 'unfair'? Well, what we found is that by offering any sympathy at all, they basically saw as validation, as if we AGREED they were being treated "unfairly", and you know what happened then? Next time mommy told them to do it, they screamed, "That's not fair! Even DAD thinks so!" That actually happened, and of course, dad never said any such thing. All he thought he was doing was offering comfort to his child, who complained about having to do the dishes. His actual words were, "Oh my poor baby!" And his daughter also didn't feel she was lying, and she really wasn't, she was simply "interpreting his response in her favor", which one of the many things teenagers do. Although my husband had no intention of doing so, his daughter interpreted his words of comfort as agreeing with her that her mother was being unfair--which triggered her to become defiant, rather effectively undermining her mother's authority, creating a disciplinary problem. Didn't matter that it was completely innocent, it had the same effect as if he had intentionally "badmouthed" BM. Now, if anything had gone on at their mother's house that was harmful, dangerous or illegal, most certainly we'd want to hear about it. But "unfair"? Well, what is fair or unfair is a matter of opinion, and unless I actually would request BMs opinion on how I should run my household, I'm not interested, and again, the reverse applies as well. We all have the right to our opinions, but expressing any type of opinion to a child as how the other parent should run their household? Well, if you do it to them, how can you not expect them to retaliate by doing it to you? And once that starts happening, how can you possibly be certain that little disciplinary problem with "defiance", won't start escalating, until it's out of control? So we came to an understanding, that if the kids complained about the rules at the other parent's house or what they had to do was "unfair", we supported the other parents decision, and they supported ours, and we all kept our personal opinions to ourselves. It's not like we went overboard praising the other parents decisions, it was simply "their house, their rules," and basically discouraged this practice with the reminder, "what happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas." So, that's what we did, but again, we expected reciprocity, and received it.

Well, just wanted to put in this one last post on this. I did end up getting an offer on my home from the client that did see it, it was a great offer for full asking price, so I have accepted it. So, all in all, the realtor did end up getting me a good deal and I am happy to have a contract on my home now. Buyer is preapproved with 20% down, so it seems like a sound contract, I close August 28th. I still agree with you guys that the photos were bad, but its not much of an issue now :)