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Jun 11th, 2020, 12:52 | #1 |
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1800 E/ES wheels - Warning
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There have been a couple of past threads about these 2 piece wheels and the consequences of 50 British winters on them so, I thought I'd do some destruction testing, also the guy doing my 1800E has had experience with a Dunlop wheel flying apart on a customer's Scimitar and the ES used those. Dip and stripped one and revealed this, severe corrosion of the alloy centre and the steel rivets that secure the rim were almost dissolved away. I'm not saying every wheel out there is as bad, galvanic corrosion is the issue and salt water is the electrolyte in that reaction, those in warmer climes need not worry. David Lawson. https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...t=1800e+wheels https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=110446 |
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