Can't help but recall going into a tire shop and seeing the sign on the
wall: "Not responsible for damage to aluminum wheels."
I asked about that as they were about to put new tires on mine.
Not to worry, they said. Race wheels, meant to take such stress, were not
the problem. It was those danged appearance wheels that were pretty and all,
but thin metal and good for not much more than cruising main street.
Sometimes on the tire mounting machine, they would just snap pieces off of
them.
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
To: "William Loring" <bloring@tirerack.com>; <KWall73108@aol.com>;
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: wheel warning
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Loring" <bloring@tirerack.com>
> To: <KWall73108@aol.com>; "Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>; "Evolution
> List" <evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com>;
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: wheel warning
>
>
> > Kevin,
> >
> > I passed your note on to Craig Donnelly, who is one of our wheel
technical
> > specialists, and used to work for BBS. Here's what he had to say:
> >
> > "It is probably a very old aluminum wheel and may have only been
> > developed for bias tires. Radial tires create higher lateral loads
> and
> > put more stress on the wheels. If you were to run a "R" compound
tire
> > on a wheel noted for bias tires only, it could result in a failure
in
> a
> > very short time."
>
> What about a bias race slick? Don't they stick?
>
> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4
CT2846L
> pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
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