Originally Posted by
Chip-3Door
Ok mate, just wondering if there was any other common issue between the two cars that could have in anyway contributed to it.
Although TBH, I fail to see how anything other than faulty manufacture or bad assembly could really cause a failure such as that (ie over torqueing the bolt or using a bolt that bottoms out)
The prognosis on Martin's was an "inclusion in the material" which lead to the failure. I can only imagine that given the fact that they have failed in the exact same way (even down to the same V piece that saved the pully wheel from moving round), that mine has suffered an identical failure. The explanation that was given was that the material could have been cut too short before machining, which means that the first 3" of material around the cut has had it's properties changed in the cutting process, so this is never normally used. However, if it was cut too short...
Ryan,
You'd think they'd have PLENTY of time to catch a picture of your car - even with the delayed reaction of a digital camera
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