[rasz]

Im an EE that never worked on CRT and declined plenty of requests. I also like to think Im quite mechanically inclined, but I would _never_ go anywhere close to a split rim being serviced. There are things just not worth the risk in life, like jumping head down into unknown stream, or skating down handrails.

[bombcar]

Split rims is a good example of the kind of risks - they can be handled correctly but the temptation to skip steps is always there - but much more strongly there for people who do it a lot. If you replace them once, you can be anal about the safety (cage + chain + remote fill) because you don't need the speed.

I'd still replace the worst split rims with at least deuce rims.