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Postby greenMachine » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:41 am

start to turn pear shaped however when the wrong springs have been used and the spring totally compresses (binds) Then the larger forces normally taken by the shock body and bump stops are now transmitted through the circlip.


I think we are having a violent agreement here Garry :!:

Binding springs are worse than sitting on the bump stops - instantaneous infinite spring rate :shock: :!: :shock: No way are the circlips and the groove on the shock body going to handle that! No way do I want to be around when it binds - it could be quite spectacular, but I will wait for the Utube video :)
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Postby adamjp » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:20 am

So has anyone actually had a wheel snap off whilst driving?


Anybody watch Top Gear on Monday night? It happened to them.

Quite interesting actually, glad it wasn't me though.
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Postby bruce » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:00 am

That poor car has had the wheels dríven off of it by everybody. Even the rear door paint colour doesn't match (smacked).
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Postby Boost » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:50 am

Are the plastic/aluminium hubspacer universal for all wheel sizes? or does different wheel size require different hubspacers?

I can tell you what happens when you drive without spacers.. The car shakes like there is no tomorrow. I'm currently driving without spacers because the owner before me didnt put them on and I have only just found out why the car shakes so much.

Can someone tell me where I can get a set or do they come with the rims when you puchase them (new or second hand)?
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Postby Sheck » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:23 am

car shakes?! WTF?! Thats pretty weird. The sizes will be diffferent for every wheel (well groups of wheels will be the same but you get the picture) as they have different hub diameters....

yea what kev.yan said

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Postby Boost » Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:17 pm

fantastic, so they are readily available.
Yeh, the missing hubspacer causes the wheel to move around because its not concentric therefore making the entire car shake. The rim i have is also buckled so ill have to get an entire new set.
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Postby Boost » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:21 pm

Daz 27. No need to get verbal. Chill out mate. Thats what the wheel shop has told me. But yes I agree with you, I think its more to do with the buckled wheel than spacer.
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