MY_-NAME-_IS@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year ago

Friend's wheel just "exploded" after he lent the car to someone else. Looks like a clean cut. Is it possible for a wheel to explode like this?

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Friend's wheel just "exploded" after he lent the car to someone else. Looks like a clean cut. Is it possible for a wheel to explode like this?

MY_-NAME-_IS@alien.topB to Mechanic Advice@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year ago

Title says it all. I’ve never seen one blow up like this. Is it possible?

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I’ve seen debris on the road punch a whole like that before. The end of an extruded metal tube.
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  I guess it was metal from a road sign

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