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Originally Posted by Jim2
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FWIW a person does not have to look too far to find a cracked wheel which was on the track. Just within my circle of racing friends we probably stand around a dozen failures, some race-bread, some not.
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Originally Posted by ttweed
Cracking of forged wheels is not limited to 30 year-old Fuchs. Here is a pic of an 8 year-old Kinesis wheels used solely for occasional autocrosses w/ R-compound tires:
The owner found multiple hairline cracks on all four centers propagating on the back of the spokes, possibly from stress risers just outside the center hub section, .
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and from Bill V, a cast REPLICA
now
THAT is a catastrophic failure mode. (unlike the forged Lindsey)