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dr gums

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casting fault in rim?
« on: March 18, 2009, 04:52:21 AM »
a hole has appeared in the rear tyre rim of my 2008 dyna - anyone else had this problem?
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Re: casting fault in rim?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2009, 02:10:35 PM »
not something i have heard of until your post
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Re: casting fault in rim?
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 01:51:55 AM »
Hole in the rim, or the tire? :nixweiss:
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Re: casting fault in rim?
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2009, 11:16:21 PM »
a hole in the rim - it looks as if it has been cast with a bubble in it and the hole has blown out
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Re: casting fault in rim?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2009, 12:18:10 AM »
Quote from: dr gums on March 19, 2009, 11:16:21 PM
a hole in the rim - it looks as if it has been cast with a bubble in it and the hole has blown out

Chock another one up for quality control....

The wheels are cast except for those that are forged.... and made by Alcoa for HD
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Re: casting fault in rim?
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2009, 03:35:18 PM »
I have had a chrome plating default on my rear rim... sheets of chrome gone like skin depleting...Rim has been changed under warranty.

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Re: casting fault in rim?
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2009, 03:42:09 PM »
I had that type of problem with the 01 Ultra I had.  It had a pinhole in the rim down inside one of the the spokes.  It wouldn't leak much and was a bear to find.  It happens with any cast product.
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