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Wheels, Whats the life span?

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paul_humphreys:

--- Quote from: "ritchiea2005" ---Sounds like bad workmenship to me.  ive cut the middles out of a set of disco rims and changed the offset and rewelded them back in aint had any problems at all.  I would have thought the manufacuter would have replaced these if they in otherwise good condition
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Well the fact that they have gone on the very same place same spoke on both wheels you could be right.

Paul

paul_humphreys:

--- Quote from: "RedlineMike" ---
--- Quote from: "paul_humphreys" ---I think it will be Wolf wheels next.

Paul
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ive got a set forsale attatched to 6 michelin XZL'S
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I only need wheels. I will have a llok at the LRW show.

But how much for the wheels?

Paul

freeagent:
as said above landrover steel rims are welded and they last for decades.
if the welds have broke then its a workmanship problem, if its material failure you should have some comeback...

i know the wheels you are talking about and think its pretty poor that they wont replace them, but then the manufacturer doesn't know what sort of conditions they've been subjected to.. and if they've been used outside their design perameters...

all welded structures contain cracks, and therefore will have fatigue life if subjected to any kind of cyclic loading, but wheels, especially big steel ones should be overengineered to the point that this shouldn't be a consideration.

i'd scrap them and fit wolf wheels, and warn people away from these rims...

landraver:
Hi Paul
If you are scrapping the wheels & you really want to find out the cause of the failure, remove the defective section (& a couple of complete sections) & I'll do an assessment of the weld for you if you like (under the microscope), thats what I do (amongst other things)

Jeff

mark.yellow.series.3:
right. so the weld has cracked?
if anything is welded correctly, the welded joint is as strong (if not more so) than the metal its welded onto. so for the wheel to reach the end of its life then you would see the whole rim deteriate.

if the weld is cracked, the its a defective weld.

after the first wheel went, i would sent it back and not use that company again, as there welds obviously arent done properly or checked, and if it broke on the motorway we might not be talking to you now.

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