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Saw a prime example of spline failure yesterday...
One of the registrants here at BritishV8 had the splines on a front hub fail.
I was right behind him; saw something shiny bounce on the road and go off into the side brush. Thought he hit a beer can....but just a couple of seconds later, his right front wheel came flying off.
Fortunately, we were only going about 30mph (opposed to the 70mph we had just been travelling).
We found both the wheel and the knock-off (that was a stroke of luck!) and got the car reassembled.
Minor damage to the rotor and dust shield...
But....
In less than 1/4 mile, the knock off loosened again.
The splines on the hub are shot; the splines inside the wheel are shot.
He was VERY lucky.
Check those splines on a regular basis.
New hubs = new wheels in most cases.
FWIW....
One of the registrants here at BritishV8 had the splines on a front hub fail.
I was right behind him; saw something shiny bounce on the road and go off into the side brush. Thought he hit a beer can....but just a couple of seconds later, his right front wheel came flying off.
Fortunately, we were only going about 30mph (opposed to the 70mph we had just been travelling).
We found both the wheel and the knock-off (that was a stroke of luck!) and got the car reassembled.
Minor damage to the rotor and dust shield...
But....
In less than 1/4 mile, the knock off loosened again.
The splines on the hub are shot; the splines inside the wheel are shot.
He was VERY lucky.
Check those splines on a regular basis.
New hubs = new wheels in most cases.
FWIW....
