Originally Posted by mickm
I'll post pics once I take it off. It has cracked on each side of each of the three spokes down at the base. It also appears that the plastic part of the wheel is separating from the metal center hub.

It is a manual steering car, so that means really cranking on it when the car is still, which of course I try not to do, but it is disappointing that it has broken this badly after what is probably 10k miles of use or less.

It's the pebble textured plastic one.


Stinks that they are cracking after 7 or so years. But in reality, I would guess originals started to show wear and tear and cracks when they were 8 years old. My 72 Dart I bought in 84 had a wheel worn out, and a cracks. And that was from a well taken care of car. I agree that the manual steering really puts some stress on the wheel.


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