Fikse failure
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Fikse failure
I just heard that a friend's 18" Mach V Fikse came apart at Mid Ohio. The wheel was used for no more than one track season. Luckily he did not hurt the car in the resulting spin. Have folks heard of this occurring to Fikse's before? I always considered Fikse a very reputable track-worthy brand. What would cause this? The wheel has never been disassembled since new.
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Have to describe the failure a little better to guess as to what caused it. If he likes to use the curbs as shortcuts, any wheel won't last a season.
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On another car, there was another Fiske wheel that I saw at this event: the spokes has some notable cracks in them. Fortunately, the driver noticed these before any failure occurred.
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Re: Fikse failure
Originally posted by DrJupeman
I just heard that a friend's 18" Mach V Fikse came apart at Mid Ohio. The wheel was used for no more than one track season. Luckily he did not hurt the car in the resulting spin. Have folks heard of this occurring to Fikse's before? I always considered Fikse a very reputable track-worthy brand. What would cause this? The wheel has never been disassembled since new.
I just heard that a friend's 18" Mach V Fikse came apart at Mid Ohio. The wheel was used for no more than one track season. Luckily he did not hurt the car in the resulting spin. Have folks heard of this occurring to Fikse's before? I always considered Fikse a very reputable track-worthy brand. What would cause this? The wheel has never been disassembled since new.
I have too much invested in Fikse's to make a change now and they are still great, light-weight rims. Hope that helps.
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No problems with my Forgeline 3 pc wheels after 2 hard seasons. And I do run over the curbing. I did have a Kinesis wheel center crack. However that wheel was 6 years old.
If you are hanging onto old Fuchs you might want to consider fatigue. I have seen a few nasty looking old Fuchs.
If you are hanging onto old Fuchs you might want to consider fatigue. I have seen a few nasty looking old Fuchs.
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Re: Fikse failure
Originally posted by DrJupeman
I just heard that a friend's 18" Mach V Fikse came apart at Mid Ohio. The wheel was used for no more than one track season. Luckily he did not hurt the car in the resulting spin. Have folks heard of this occurring to Fikse's before? I always considered Fikse a very reputable track-worthy brand. What would cause this? The wheel has never been disassembled since new.
I just heard that a friend's 18" Mach V Fikse came apart at Mid Ohio. The wheel was used for no more than one track season. Luckily he did not hurt the car in the resulting spin. Have folks heard of this occurring to Fikse's before? I always considered Fikse a very reputable track-worthy brand. What would cause this? The wheel has never been disassembled since new.
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I was on track at the Mid Ohio CR when a red 911 (F Class) broke a rim and spun under the bridge. I don't think it was a Kinesis though. I believe it was a Fuchs - or a close repo. It looked like the rim broke at mid-spoke all the way around - very nasty. The car had some minor damage - I think he tagged the tire wall.
I could have been much worse.
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I could have been much worse.
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My Kinesis cracked also $300.00
My front Fikse has a majof slow leak. 10-20 lbs nightly.
My front Fikse has a majof slow leak. 10-20 lbs nightly.
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My front Fikse has a majof slow leak. 10-20 lbs nightly.
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A friend of mine had cracks in his FM-10's that were on a 928 GTS with heavy track use. There was never a complete failure and Fikse did an upstanding job of replacing the centers under warranty from what I understand.
Granted, the 928GTS is quite a heavy track car so that could be the reason for fatigue in the wheel centers.
I think it's safe to say no wheel used on the track is indestructible.....so one should check wheels before track events just like you should go over the whole car.
Granted, the 928GTS is quite a heavy track car so that could be the reason for fatigue in the wheel centers.
I think it's safe to say no wheel used on the track is indestructible.....so one should check wheels before track events just like you should go over the whole car.