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Originally Posted by dangerousatom
I too have seen wheels fail in the middle of a race lap. I dont recall any of them being a steel wheel, only aluminum/magnesium wheels. I also dont know of any wheel manufacture that ultra-sound scans their wheels after forging to look for microscopic anomalies. Such as micro fractures, air pockets, or metallurgical flaws within the wheels construction. These IMO are there in every wheel and lead to the failures, but it take the rite circumstances, fatigue and environment for all parties to come together to create a failure.
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I definitely agree with that.
All wheels have flaws, you just have to look harder for them with some.
BUT, what I'm wondering is if the baking makes those small flaws larger...not in physical size necessarily, but in potential for becoming a larger problem.
I also don't think powder coating a wheel multiple times would be a good idea either. lol