HI David Went through exactly that with my wife! She only relented after the MMC agreed to exchange the OE set up for a Mota Lita and Hub and I showed her there is nothing to shear.
I was very lucky in the fact we had just driven a coast road and were turning into our lunch stop (when I guess max torque would be applied anyway) and the wheel just turned off. 5 of the 6 tacks had sheered, 4 showed no inclusion in the weld at all. It was one of Christopher Bushell-Kings weekends and he spoke with the staff at the restaurant enquiring about a garage with a welder (or the kit I can weld) and as luck would have it one of the staffs father had rented an arc welder for the weekend to repair his gate and after lunch we all trolled over to the guys house and in 5 min he had the thing correctly seam welded. Photos were sent to MMC and because of my background in the trade I wanted a recall notification, they promised to check all stock of hubs and send a notification to the dealer network. No idea of the stock check but 2 dealers confirmed they had heard nothing from the factory 3 months after the event. That's when I reluctantly (as I felt it was their responsibility to handle this matter) posted the report on here and elsewhere with photos. There were about 20 witnesses to the event, some were automotive engineers. Ho Hum, buyer beware indeed! BR Colin On 24 July 2012 15:13, david taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Colin, That adds a new slant on 'tack' welded and as close to an admission > as one can get! Glad, at least hope, that other than a near heart attack > you were OK though. Now you mention the gate chap, it does sound familiar. > I guess 'never heard of that sir' is the opposite of 'they all do that > sir'. Sounds like the cracked windscreens saga. > If that happened to ours, I'm afraid it would be the last time my wife and > I went anywhere in it together. She's nervous enough about how well put > together they are > > David > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM, e-mail colin.jones5857 < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi David >> >> I don't know if you recall but 4 months into ownership from new the boss >> sheared in France, inspection showed it had been tack welded, and that's >> being generous! More a case of failed adhesion rather than failed fusion! >> A local chap who was repairing a gate welded it up for me but it took 2 >> days and several beers to stop shaking.....MMC denied ever having heard of >> it.......5 other owners on this DG contacted me to say theirs had also >> failed and they had been given the same 'never seen that before' story! >> >> BR >> >> Colin >> >> On 24 July 2012 14:54, david taylor <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Does that mean your steering wheel suddenly became 'detached' Colin? >>> Ergo, I Wonder what else is about to drop off!? >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:42 PM, e-mail colin.jones5857 < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Looking at Morgan welding (and remembering my sheared steering wheel >>>> boss on my 08 4 seater) I tend to think its a case of 'Stevie The Welder' >>>> unfortunately the Stevie involved is Stevie Wonder......... >>>> >>>> BR >>>> >>>> Colin >>>> >>>> >>>> David, AA57MOG >>> >>> View posts on The Mail Archive >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> View posts on The Mail Archive >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > David, AA57MOG > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
