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Old 06-11-2011, 10:17 AM   #138 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by spearfish25 View Post
2) Something is happening during wheel mounting or dismounting that is breaking these. Either a struggle with the wheel leads to knocking off the lip, or perhaps the lugs are being tightened down without the wheel completely seated on the spacer. That would potentially pinch off the lip when you tighten one lug with a poorly seated wheel. Finally, I'll never ever loosen my lugs without the wheel being up in the air. That will most definitely snap the lip off.
Stupid question, but how do you keep the front wheel from spinning in order to loosen the lugnuts without initially loosening it while it's on the ground? Do you just have another person around to stay on the brake?
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