Cracks in alloys

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Edward - 28 May 2008 18:46 GMT

Anyone have cracks appearing on hub end of alloy wheel? Fitted to 320d which
has done 64000 and is just over 3 years old.

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Jeff Strickland - 29 May 2008 00:37 GMT

I have alloy wheels on a '94 E36 that have no cracks.

> Anyone have cracks appearing on hub end of alloy wheel? Fitted to 320d
> which has done 64000 and is just over 3 years old.

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DCA - 30 May 2008 22:35 GMT

> I have alloy wheels on a '94 E36 that have no cracks.
>
>> Anyone have cracks appearing on hub end of alloy wheel? Fitted to
>> 320d which has done 64000 and is just over 3 years old.

Not very relevant really is it!
Perhaps a different batch/style?
Oh- always appreciated if you bottom post

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David - 29 May 2008 14:37 GMT

> Anyone have cracks appearing on hub end of alloy wheel? Fitted to 320d which
> has done 64000 and is just over 3 years old.

I haven't checked for cracks, but when I removed my snow tires this
spring, I found that when my state safety inspection was done (which
requires removing one wheel), they tightened the lug bolts way too
much. I couldn't even remove them with an electric impact wrench. Do
you think your cracks could be from improperly tightening the lug
bolts? If you have an alloy wheel for the spare, I'd switch it with
the cracked one.

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