> To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Steel wheels
> Reply-To: "Mark McChesney" <mmcchesn@ford.com>
> Status: R
>
> Hi all,
>
> Am I misleading the the jag-lovers page by saying that there have been
> problems with period steel road wheels in vintage racing? I've heard (her
> that some steel wheels work harden and break/crack from the stresses of ra
> Is this specific to one make? Has there been any problem w/ older Jaguar s
> wheels? There are some new racing steel wheels, why are they different?
> THANX
> Mark McChesney
>
Alfa steel wheels crack at the lug nuts or even separate at the weld between
the hub and rim. Big problem with soft compounds. I know of three instances
in the last 5 years, one resulting in a rollover. Now almost everybody uses
hard compounds and inspects wheels regularly.
Jim Hayes - Vintage racing '57 & '62 Alfa Spiders
jeh@fotec.com http://www.std.com/fotec/jim.htm
All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false.
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