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on a set of stock steel wheels,71 nova,how far out of true is to far out? I set up a hillbilly dial indicator,cement block with a screwdriver laid on it.wheel seems to be about 1/16 out.will this cause a problem?

Stock steel wheels for street use, IMO 1/16" wouldn't be much of a concern, when the tires on it should still balance up and not cause problems.

Where are you checking? The lip on the outside edge can be out more than the seating surface. To check that you have to put the indicator (screwdriver) pointing out, from the inside of the wheel, to the flange where the tire hits.
All that aside, 1/16" is not going to hurt anything. Most cheaper tires are out way more than that anyway!

thanks for the response,that was my thought but I've never really hade to wonder before.allways ran some kind of custom wheels.

Reminds me of the time back in the 60's my older brother cut the rivets out of a set of steel rims on a Hudson Hornet, reversed them & welded them back together. (Reversed rims were hot back then). Not something I would have done, but he never had a problem with them.

I used to drill out the rivets and turn wheels back late 50s(a buddies brother came home from being stationed on west coast after Korea and was talking about them)did it in high school industrial arts class--they made me stop so i bought a cheap farmer 180amp welder and continued at home--only problem was had to check air underneath car on the inside edge and occasionally had a leak after tubeLESS tires came out---

15s looked good, but starting with 57s 14 inchers didn't have the same look