View Full Version : reason wilkerson wheels fell off?
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10-08-2009, 06:25 AM
whats the story on wilkerson wheels flying off?
bbchevy
10-08-2009, 07:58 AM
I would SWEAR I seen LugNuts FLYING?But,Maybe the Wheel Studs Broke?
I Looked at the Run Over and Over,LUGNUTS?
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Harbone
10-08-2009, 08:01 AM
I went to the Wilkerson Team blog on the NHRA website and all they really talked about was the crash itself and not what caused it. You think if the lugs were loose something would have happened on the burnout or the initial launch but he was truckin when it happened. Snapped axle, broken diff, who knows?
bbchevy
10-08-2009, 08:07 AM
I went to the Wilkerson Team blog on the NHRA website and all they really talked about was the crash itself and not what caused it. You think if the lugs were loose something would have happened on the burnout or the initial launch but he was truckin when it happened. Snapped axle, broken diff, who knows?
Not Really!
When you have the 5/8 wheel studs.There at Least 1 1/2 or 2"s of Stud hanging Out of the Lugnut.If they were just Hand Tight,it could have taken the B/Out and the Lauch!
Not SURE What there,PROCEDURE is when they Hang New Rubber???
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With a FULL Floating Rear,IF A Axle Breaks,THE WHEEL Dont Come OFF!!!)
TheYellaBrick
10-08-2009, 08:50 AM
Looks like it broke the center out around the multi-mount stud holes.
FullTimeRacing
10-08-2009, 08:55 AM
says he watch the guy put the wheels on :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdrsQpm9Nrs
kod99
10-09-2009, 05:51 AM
Maybe they were over torqued and snapped as the car moved sideways a bit.
TheYellaBrick
10-09-2009, 07:47 AM
Looks like it broke the center out around the multi-mount stud holes.
Obviously my observation was totally wrong. SHEARED ALL the studs !!
Could tire shake have started that process of parts departing ?
FullTimeRacing
10-09-2009, 08:01 AM
tire shake is to common,material they were made out of is my thoughts
bbchevy
10-09-2009, 02:01 PM
I Just read that the Reason the the WHEELS Leaving?
Was Because of the Wheel Spacers that were Improperly mounted,that caused the Wheels NOT to be Fully Tightened!!
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zipper06
10-09-2009, 03:27 PM
According to NHRA rules, any wheel spacers used must be located concentric, either by the alxe hub, or the bolt/studs. I don't see how it's possible to locate them on the hubs with a floater hub, sense there is no hub, only a flat surface.
I for one cannot understand why spacers would be allowed on a car with that much HP, and i'll bet those rules will be changed in the very near future, if in fact that was the reason the wheels came off.
JMO
Zip.
bbchevy
10-09-2009, 08:19 PM
Zip,
I Beleive thats 1 of them?What came 1st,the Chicken or the Egg.........?
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