In a message dated 4/11/2006 5:33:47 PM Central Standard Time,
tr3driver@comcast.net writes:
> >P.S. I've heard stories about sudden loss of one of the rear wheels.
> >Any truth to that?
>
> Always a possibility with any car, but I've not heard it's particularly
> common on TR250/6.
>
I have at home a rear hub from a TR6 with a stub axle that snapped in half.
This was due to a casting flaw and is quite rare and the only way to make sure
it won't happen is to disassemble the hubs and have the parts magnafluxed.
On the other hand a friend of mine lost a rear wheel on a TR3 because someone
tack welded the wheel studs to the flange and they broke. When he had the
other side checked at least one stud there had already snapped, too.
Dave
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