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It just came off in my hand!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:40 am
by mk1
Looks like another ebay classic.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Les-Leston-st ... 43aae332a8
Heavily modified LL wheel made to fit a Mini boss.
The holes are that close to the edge if you hit a bump the whole thing is likely to fall to bits.
Re: It just came off in my hand!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:48 am
by guru_1071
thats just dangerous
Re: It just came off in my hand!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:08 am
by Vegard
guru_1071 wrote:thats just dangerous
Why? It's not like the steering wheel will move in any direction as long as all the bolts are present??
Re: It just came off in my hand!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:20 am
by guru_1071
Vegard wrote:guru_1071 wrote:thats just dangerous
Why? It's not like the steering wheel will move in any direction as long as all the bolts are present??
verg, there isnt a lot of metal left between the bolt holes and the boss hole, the alloy of the rim is thin and over time the metal will move a little, its doesnt take a lot before the holes start to grow, then the wheel will be off the boss.
this EXACT thing happened to someone in mighty minis, flat out they suddenly discovered that the wheel suggested that they had a little more lock than the rack did!
from memory, there was one single bolt still holding out of the set - the rest had pulled through
Re: It just came off in my hand!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:15 pm
by ricardo
Some of the holes seem to be really close to the edge and seem likely to break, but these steering wheels have the the holes very close to the edge by design. Look at the steering wheel archive on the main site, you can see 3 of them almost like this one.
But this one looks dangerous.
http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.u ... rchive.htm