Re: a harrowing experience

From: Ron Tebo (tebomr(at)cadvision.com)
Date: Fri Jul 16 1999 - 07:01:15 CDT


robert nanzig wrote:

> Ouch! Glad you (and the car) were alright. Seems like the knock-off and
> wheel would have separated once off the hub. Was the knockoff actually
> fused to the wheel or did some of the thread end of the hub split off?
> Regards,
> Bob Douglas
> S.II
> The knockoff was merely stuck to the wheel. I pulled it off by hand. The
> threads on the rear hub are fine. I was able to put the front wheel
> knockoff on the rear and after a little coaxing it spins on and off
> easily. It appears that the only damage is a scuffed up brake drum and
> the tire left some rubber on the edge of the wheel well as it jettisoned
> ( the towing bill did some damage to my wallet too )
>
> Rob Nanzig
> 67SV

Rob:

Glad to hear that you and the car survived what could have been a real
disaster with so little damage! (except to the wallet!)

Please provide us with any further details, such as; are your wheels
non-standard? Was
less than 3/4 " of the knock-off thread damaged?

Ron Tebo (watched you auto-cross at SUNI)



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