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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#61 Post by zr2paul » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:37 am

Working in manufacturing I can tell you that the problem has a very good chance of being a bad batch of wheel nuts. Is there a way to set up a page asking anyone with a bad wheel nut to post their serial# ? Maybe answer some simple questions ... Serial#, Which wheel, have you or anyone worked on the wheel, etc.

Over torque is also an obvious issue however the above could only be proven if nobody has touched the wheel nut since purchasing their bike. Regardless of how few bikes have this problem, losing a tire is not something you want to see someone experience.
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Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:09 am
Wonder what the serial # is on these Rykers ???
Is it a bad batch of nuts,????
My thoughts >>>> over torque !!!!
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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#62 Post by Decon Blue » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:46 am

Although time will tell once BRP gets off it ass, but I’ll place my bet it’s because the Nut is Aluminum. JMHO.

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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#63 Post by 4u2nv » Fri Aug 16, 2019 4:00 pm

Decon Blue wrote:
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:46 am
Although time will tell once BRP gets off it ass, but I’ll place my bet it’s because the Nut is Aluminum. JMHO.
Steel is two and a half times denser than aluminium !!!!
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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#64 Post by KC61 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:40 am

I do find it odd that nut is aluminum and torqued that high.
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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#65 Post by harry76 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:10 am

KC61 wrote:
Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:40 am
I do find it odd that nut is aluminum and torqued that high.
I agree, while they may be capable of that much torque when tightening, what kind of pressure are they seeing when the wheel/ axles start expanding from heat?
Perhaps an Acme thread would work better than a angle thread, it would have less tendency to spread the nut.

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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#66 Post by cattleshow » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:12 pm

When I read about this ,my first thought was that some mechanics are useing an air impact wrench on these nuts.
The high torque with the high vibration of an impact wrench was more than the nut could stand and cracked. I think this is what we will find out down the road.
One of the first things I did when I got the bike was to check the wheel nuts on first inspection. They all clicked off at 221 ft lbs.
I backed them off and retightened to be sure they were not over 221' lbs. So far so good,no cracksI.
I will keep checking this forum for updates on this problem.
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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#67 Post by KC61 » Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:13 am

This should be part of a normal maintenance routine. Just like if you have aluminum wheels on a car/truck and you get new tires installed, you need to have the torque checked after 100 miles or so. The problem is a lot of the buyers/owners are not mechanically inclined and don't even own a screw driver, so there's that.

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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#68 Post by rakerrykerrider » Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:01 pm

You are an idiot!

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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#69 Post by KC61 » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:36 am

rakerrykerrider wrote:
Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:01 pm
You are an idiot!
Wow, really? Nice talk on the forum. :o
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Re: Cracked Wheel Nuts

#70 Post by Hopper » Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:00 pm

I was supposed to pick up my 2020 Ryker Rally from Pensacola Motorsports tomorrow, October 4th. Was notified from my sales representative that there is a stop sales on all Rykers due to a safety recall. I asked him what the recall was for and he said it was for the lug nuts. I said that I had been following the cracked wheel nut issue on Ryker Forums and on You Tube. Hoping the new nuts will be sent soonest so I can finally get my Ryker. I received the pictures of Hopper earlier today and was getting all the paperwork ready for tomorrows pick up....

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