Yep, it's a very sharp bend / edge there. Like almost a zero radius! Found my receipt for tires that I bought the day after I assembled the wheels. May 2003. I didn't run the car at all for the 2nd half of 2004 or at all in '05. These wheels had very little time on them. Daryle offered to sell me some "newer" shells, but was not even entertaining the idea of replacing them. The shells were replaced once already previously, that's why I had new ones in 2003. The original ones were like trying to mount tires on aluminum foil. From what I remember, they weren't made properly from the original supplier.
First "failure" is understandable. Second one, shame on me. I have welded and reassembled the wheel, and will only use these for rains now, as I can't see the high side loads in the wet. Guess I'm going back to the old reliable Douglas. Hopefully you have better luck with them Jay. I surely won't deal with him again. Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Novak Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [F500] Kodiak Wheels - Warning Phil, sorry to here of your wheel failure. Obviously this is the same failure as on our car at the Runoffs. Forget about the higher F500 loads that is not the issue. The old Kodiak wheels used a sharp edge on the tool where the flange goes into the wheel drop. Darryl has made new tooling with a 1/2" radius there & is remaking our entire run of 75 wheels. We should (hopefully) have them soon. Thanks ... Jay Novak -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Green Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [F500] Kodiak Wheels - Warning Went to Gingerman this past Wednesday for a test day to get myself and the car a bit more ready for my re-debut at the June Sprints after a 2-year hiatus. Came in after the second session with a severe push in RH turns. LF tire was down to about 5-6 PSI, that explains the push! Now where's the leak? My Kodiak wheel cracked at the center flange. About a 4-5 inch long crack along the last bend going from the inner-half to the mounting flange. I called Daryle last night, and he was full of excuses that the loads in F500 have increased so much in the past couple years that the wheels just weren't designed for this. These wheels have less than 8 races on them TOTAL! He offered to sell me inner shells at wholesale, but I think I'll pass. I'll relegate the Kodiaks only to rain wheels. Sad that these nice wheels that are built for our cars just aren't built for our cars! I know of one other (un-named????) driver at the Runoffs last year with a very similar failure. Anyone else? Phil _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
