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Another wheel fell off...
Met up with several Spyders and a Rhyker for a lunch. Rhyker is only a MONTH OLD, very few miles. Gassed up afterwards, and pulling out of the station the front right wheel just flew off and went flying down the road!! Lucky it wasn't at 75MPH on the interstate (earlier in the day). He said he just had it to the shop because it felt the right tire was wobbling when braking - they said it was nothing!! We looked all over for the nut - which was in one piece an hour earlier as I was walking around it checking it out. The rim was ground up bad. If you own a Rhyker and feel ANY little wobble PLEASE stop and get it to a dealer! Could literally save your life...
Steel or aluminum axle nut????
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Originally Posted by
Mikey
It's really to bad they had to go threw this night mare but thank GOD no one was hurt!!! BRP has a big issue to take care of, if I was riding one of these bikes I would be flipping the hell out, and checking the wheel nuts every time I got off!! I know what your going to say, but this issues to new, and you don't know for sure that the nuts there replacing them with isn't the next ones in the box or a whole new, TESTED lot of nuts!! They ether have a quality problem, or design issue!! I was shocked, when some one told me the darn things where made out of aluminum, instead of steel! That's just my two cents in this issue and I would worry to much if I had to deal with it!! Good Luck my friends be safe with these BAD NUTS!!:yikes:
Is this true???? I know some Aluminum alloys can exceed the strength of mild steel but lug nuts are not made from mild steel. Al is much easier to machine but material costs of 7xxx aluminum series is much higher. In my heart I think it must be steel.
Can someone with an F-3 see if the nut in question is steel or aluminum?????
Thanks