[Tigers] Wheel failure - Non Tiger Content

[Sandy Ganz]

Never seen it on steel wheels, but seen porous castings on a older chevy I
had. 2 rims leaked from day one, and the dumb deal never could find the leak.
Out of warranty after a new set of tires were put on, the leaks were found.
Porosity in the castings...

Sandy



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"stubrennan at comcast.net" <stubrennan at comcast.net>
To: Tigers at autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:10:29 AM
Subject: [Tigers] Wheel failure -
Non Tiger Content

I took the leaking tire off my Explorer up to the local
shop for a repair, and
was surprised by what they found.B  The steel wheel was
leaking, not the
tire.B  Some combination of rust (I'm near Boston) and maybe
metal fatigue or
a manufacturing problem caused a leak to form right where the
central web is
welded to the rim.B  And the guy said he sees this all the time
on the local
police cruisers, also Fords.



My Explorer is 10 years old,
street driven, no off road crazyness, but we're
up here in the snow/rust
belt.B  It used to be that steel wheels were regarded
as the rugged ones, and
alloys were pretty but delicate.B  Maybe that's
changing?B  Has anyone else
seen signs of weakness in recent steel wheels,
Ford or anybody else?
Needless to say,B all 4B wheels are being replaced tomorrow.



Stu
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