Wheel Failure - Scary Time...
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Not posted on here for a couple of years, but I thought I'd make you aware of my experience so that somebody in the future could possibly avoid this.
I have a Mitsubishi Evolution VI GSR running around 300hp and was on a spirited drive. As I turned, quite sharply into a large roundabout, this occured, with no impact or collision.
To note, these are genuine wheels!
Any clues as to their failure?
All the other wheels are similarly cracking in the same place, too.
I have a Mitsubishi Evolution VI GSR running around 300hp and was on a spirited drive. As I turned, quite sharply into a large roundabout, this occured, with no impact or collision.
To note, these are genuine wheels!
Any clues as to their failure?
All the other wheels are similarly cracking in the same place, too.
Herbs said:
Beat me to it!
WeirdNeville said:
I think the tyres may have something to do with it.
They look like road legal slicks. Far more grip so where normally a tyre would spin/slide, that stress has to go somewhere else - the wheel. If the wheel is faulty then that stress could cause the breakage.The tolerances should be higher though, wheels shouldn't break like that, no matter the tyre.
Certainly shouldn't do that, I have genuine OZ Ultraleggera delivered straight from the factory, I have hit one very, very hard on the edge of where two bits of runway meet on a track day, massive bang and jolt as if hitting a kerb head on - all it resulted in was a minor buckle, been used for years since without issue.
Edited by Herman Toothrot on Thursday 9th May 20:15
Scary, especially as you say all other wheels have signs of stress.
I'd also argue if those are really OZ wheels or fakes, tbh. Did you get them from new?
I had a similar damage to my OZ F1's original fitted to my Clio 172, but was after a hefty shock, surely not on a roundabout. And my car has been running 50% of the time with A048s or R888s.
I would anyway contact OZ, at least to make sure the wheels come from them.
Glad nothing worst happened tough
I'd also argue if those are really OZ wheels or fakes, tbh. Did you get them from new?
I had a similar damage to my OZ F1's original fitted to my Clio 172, but was after a hefty shock, surely not on a roundabout. And my car has been running 50% of the time with A048s or R888s.
I would anyway contact OZ, at least to make sure the wheels come from them.
Glad nothing worst happened tough
Let's be honest - those wheels just don't look beefy enough.
It's only aluminium at the end of the day. I often see wheels on cars and wonder how they can be strong enough to handle the load.
I remember a few years ago someone posting a picture of an aluminium motorcycle handlebar bracket that had snapped off mid corner, leaving the rider with only one handle bar to contend with.
As you say - scary!
It's only aluminium at the end of the day. I often see wheels on cars and wonder how they can be strong enough to handle the load.
I remember a few years ago someone posting a picture of an aluminium motorcycle handlebar bracket that had snapped off mid corner, leaving the rider with only one handle bar to contend with.
As you say - scary!
That's scary!WeirdNeville said:
Some painting processes involve heating the wheel. If the wheel has been specially tempered, that process could de-temper it.
Unlikely though, I'll agree.
The process itself doesn't cause metal fatigue (since no cyclic stress is applied), but powder coating temperature can definitely be high enough to cause material changes in aluminium alloys. There have been failures attributable to this, and some powder coat places refuse to coat wheels for this reason.Unlikely though, I'll agree.
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Let's be honest - those wheels just don't look beefy enough.
It's only aluminium at the end of the day. I often see wheels on cars and wonder how they can be strong enough to handle the load.
I remember a few years ago someone posting a picture of an aluminium motorcycle handlebar bracket that had snapped off mid corner, leaving the rider with only one handle bar to contend with.
As you say - scary!
Yep. Too much style & not enough substance. It's only aluminium at the end of the day. I often see wheels on cars and wonder how they can be strong enough to handle the load.
I remember a few years ago someone posting a picture of an aluminium motorcycle handlebar bracket that had snapped off mid corner, leaving the rider with only one handle bar to contend with.
As you say - scary!
I wonder how many wheel designers are engineers & how many are graphic artists?
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