Spoke Wheels
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:27 pm
This weekend was the first time we used the new spoke wheels. Two important things were figured out about them:
1) The steel lug inserts are frequently NOT fully seated. So, we torqued them to 100 pounds to force them in all the way. Some of them fell out in the box before we got them.
2) The powder coat on the back of the wheel gets soft when hot, resulting in the lugs getting loose. This happened the first several sessions of use. We had to run three laps, pull in, and re-torque the wheels. We did this until they stopped moving
Hope this helps,
Brent
1) The steel lug inserts are frequently NOT fully seated. So, we torqued them to 100 pounds to force them in all the way. Some of them fell out in the box before we got them.
2) The powder coat on the back of the wheel gets soft when hot, resulting in the lugs getting loose. This happened the first several sessions of use. We had to run three laps, pull in, and re-torque the wheels. We did this until they stopped moving
Hope this helps,
Brent