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

From: W . Jack Hilton III (hemi@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Jul 07 1998 - 19:24:22 EDT


Wish I couldda afforded an extended warranty , but after buying an R/T CC ,
I could hardly afford the gas for the 30 mile trip home !

At 03:18 PM 7/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>>
>>
>>
>
>
W . Jack Hilton III

HEMI@mindspring.com



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