Locking wheel nut - the final straw - cuting the wheel off

[PhillipM]

mygoldfishbowl said:

Never weld wheels/wheel nuts/hubs while tyres are fitted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBUVzgCHHuA

If you think welding a nut to a wheel bolt/nut is going to end up with that, you're doing it wrong.

Why on earth would anyone dick about destroying the alloy when 15 minutes with a welder will have you all 5 nuts out and a wheel in perfect condition?

[Mr2Mike]

PhillipM said:

mygoldfishbowl said:

Never weld wheels/wheel nuts/hubs while tyres are fitted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBUVzgCHHuA

If you think welding a nut to a wheel bolt/nut is going to end up with that, you're doing it wrong.

Why on earth would anyone dick about destroying the alloy when 15 minutes with a welder will have you all 5 nuts out and a wheel in perfect condition?

Not a clue, but it must be a strange thought process! Like you say, welding a wheel nut is not going to cause tyres to explode; the demo in that video has the rim of the wheel being welded, not the centre.

[dudleybloke]

Dave.
Dave.
Leave it, they ain't wurf it!

[mygoldfishbowl]

I figure you can't educate stupid.

[Dave82506]

dudleybloke said:

Dave.
Dave.
Leave it, they ain't wurf it!

I know I know

[Martin350]

Mr2Mike said:

Not a clue, but it must be a strange thought process! Like you say, welding a wheel nut is not going to cause tyres to explode; the demo in that video has the rim of the wheel being welded, not the centre.

They could have let the air out and pumped it up again after the welding.

[Mr2Mike]

Martin350 said:

They could have let the air out and pumped it up again after the welding.

If you are super cautious you could do this, but it won't explode anyway. The amount of heat being pumped into a wheel with red hot disc brakes glowing away behind it is vastly more than 10 seconds of welding a wheel nut is going to provide, and yet tyres on track and rally cars somehow manage not to explode the second the car stops in the pits/service area.