Cracked 5 spoke rim
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
Cracked 5 spoke rim: Update
Greetings,
While changing oil and prepping for a track day coming up at Willow Springs, I discovered one of my rims has a cracked spoke. It's broke all the way through. YIKES!
Anyone else had this experience?
Mine are chrome exchanges from West Coast Corvettes. They are OEMs.
I've calmed down after my trip to West Coast Corvettes, and here's a link to the updated posting on their forum.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zero...ost&id=3378622
[Modified by BlackOps, 6:28 PM 7/8/2002]
While changing oil and prepping for a track day coming up at Willow Springs, I discovered one of my rims has a cracked spoke. It's broke all the way through. YIKES!
Anyone else had this experience?
Mine are chrome exchanges from West Coast Corvettes. They are OEMs.
I've calmed down after my trip to West Coast Corvettes, and here's a link to the updated posting on their forum.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zero...ost&id=3378622
[Modified by BlackOps, 6:28 PM 7/8/2002]
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (Mean Green 2000)
Mean Green,
Sorry it's not a better picture. The crack runs all the way through the spoke. This is weird, huh?
http://home.socal.rr.com/redvette/im...BrokeSpoke.JPG
Sorry it's not a better picture. The crack runs all the way through the spoke. This is weird, huh?
http://home.socal.rr.com/redvette/im...BrokeSpoke.JPG
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (BlackOps)
DAMN again.....I would be contacting WWC 1st thing in the am, hope they can warantee something like this :eek:
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (16Again)
Holy :eek: Looks kinda like a stress facture the way the sides and face have the pits missing. Good thing you weren't out having fun and found out the hard way!
[Modified by JoeyG, 12:57 PM 7/7/2002]
[Modified by JoeyG, 12:57 PM 7/7/2002]
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (BlackOps)
From the picture it appears that it is a cast wheel. Corvette Mike sells both cast and forged OEM chromies :confused: While it is quite possible that this was a fluke, the forged might be a better choice for the track.
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (BlackOps)
I just can't figure out how it happened. I do attend track days from time to time, but hardly ever go "off roading". Last time I did was at Spring Mountain, when I spun the load was on the right side of the car, this is the left side front wheel. I'll wait and see what WCC says.
Thanks for the replies.
Thanks for the replies.
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (Patman36)
Assuming there is no other damage to the wheel indicating an impact I have to believe that WCC will replace it . Ditto on the forged, although I can't tell from the picture whether it is forged or cast. I will surely keep an eye on my wheels though. Glad you saw it before you had an accident.
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (sandyg)
Assuming there is no other damage to the wheel indicating an impact I have to believe that WCC will replace it . Ditto on the forged, although I can't tell from the picture whether it is forged or cast. I will surely keep an eye on my wheels though. Glad you saw it before you had an accident.
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (BlackOps)
I was thinking about chroming the wheels on my 02...and the reason I choose not to was because I was sure that chroming weakens the metal structure due to the process used. Having owned many Harley's and each one of them using lots of chrome gave me a clue to that...While the possibilty of cracking or breaking the wheels seems low, it's too much of a risk IMHO. Sorry to hear about your bad luck...
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (BlackOps)
Don, I am beginning to think that the stock wheels are not very good for what we are doing with our cars. Hopefully, WCC will take care of it for you.
vetterdstr :cheers:
vetterdstr :cheers:
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (Straightpipes 1HD)
Chrome plating always will always have small microcracks in the plating. These cracks may propagate if the stresses are high. It is almost like having cracks in the base aluminum at the surface since the bond is so tenacious. Usually the chrome is triple plated with nickel and copper which will help slow the propagation and help in corrosion resistance.
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Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (BlackOps)
Don
Dr Z (he has a black Z06) with stock Z06 rims. He cracked 3 spokes on his right front wheels at Thunderhill. SCARY ... glad you found it now rather than at the track. :cheers:
Dr Z (he has a black Z06) with stock Z06 rims. He cracked 3 spokes on his right front wheels at Thunderhill. SCARY ... glad you found it now rather than at the track. :cheers:
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St. Jude Donor '06
Re: Cracked 5 spoke rim (NewVetteLover)
Nasty ... how do you plan to fix that???
I don't think I'll be able to do a factory warranty on it, since the rims were chromed.