[DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?

Roland Jaeckel pantera874 at t-online.de
Wed Mar 7 13:43:51 EST 2012


I only can see a totally rotted tire on a totally rotted rim. A well 
maintained rim will last way longer. I have seen several cracked campys as i 
have seen several cracked alloy wheels. All of them where in an all in all 
very bad condition.

Roland

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From: "Garth Rodericks" <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 5:12 PM
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; <lashdeep at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?

> No "insult" or curb contact. That separation is on the inside or backside 
> of the wheel, away from curbs or contact of any kind. I'll double check 
> the face tonight, but I don't recall any indication of damage or contact 
> to the face.
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> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com; lashdeep at yahoo.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?
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> In a message dated 3/6/12 23 00 21, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
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> It does happen...  Pics of a Campy wheel failure in my Miscellaneous 
> album:
>>http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=23271&g2_page=2
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>>I wouldn't want to have this come apart on a high speed turn, on or off 
>>the race track!
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> Garth--didn't that wheel suffer an 'insult' there, i.e. it whacked a curb 
> or something, and was bent slightly?
>
> Mike
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