Re: R/T "hub" caps...

From: Bruce Bridges (bbridges@alarismed.com)
Date: Tue Jul 07 1998 - 18:18:15 EDT


Good thing Ive got a 100K mile warranty, Break em early and break em often...
BKB
At 02:36 PM 7/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Bruce Bridges wrote:
>>
>> Jack,
>> The caps were tight and straight when I got the Truck. The cpas on mine
>> were actually popped out of their groove. Just wondering about wheel flex
>> since the R/T gets driven rather hard daily. Hate to crack one without any
>> "warning"...
>> vigillantly watching my wheels,
>
>Bruce,
>
>I'd watch 'em closely. With cornering power equivalent to a 5 series
>Beemer, the wheels are certainly seeing their share of stress. I know
>the Sy/Typhoon wheels were notorious for flex and after a few years use,
>you almost certainly had more than one bent wheel on the vehicle(mine
>had 3 bent after 4 years of corner burning).
>
>I would think any new wheel design needs close scrutiny for the first
>year or two.
>
>Bob
>
>
>



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