"WarShrike" (warshrike)
07/25/2016 at 16:38 • Filed to: None
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"WarShrike" (warshrike)
07/25/2016 at 16:38 • Filed to: None | 3
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Some of yall are probably already replacing wheel hubs after each weekend/trackday if you’re on good sized sticky compounds (275 mm+).
UMI just had a bearing failure on theirs this past weekend, and it could have been any of us. They got lucky and didn’t hurt themselves, the car or collect anybody else in their off.
This isn’t the first time many of us have seen a hub failure, there’s others. Keep it safe, look into the alternatives outside of just MOOG or whatever. Their bearings and castings just aren’t up to snuff. SKF and Hoosier Performance Engineering seem to be the best options.
It’s not cheap, but neither is replacing a wheel, exhaust, brake rotor, fender, pants, etc when that hub fails.
One on BFG Rival S, the other on Hoosiers.
crowmolly
> WarShrike
07/25/2016 at 16:46 |
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Saw this on my FB feed. Brutal.
Ramey and the UMI team do not fuck around, this shows how it could happen to anyone.
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WarShrike
> crowmolly
07/25/2016 at 16:51 |
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Yup, I’ve followed their coilover system buildup quite closely. I am running almost entirely all UMI equipment on my bird, the rest is Strano. They don’t pull any punches about their stuff.
I’d posted about the wheel hub failures in their thread on LS1tech back in march, and they had said they planned on getting some from HoosierPE, but I guess it hadn’t come to a point until this past weekend.
It was somewhat ironic that HoosierPE had their own car at the same event.
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crowmolly
> WarShrike
07/25/2016 at 17:04 |
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Funny thing is that MOOG was a gold standard for so long.
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WarShrike
> crowmolly
07/25/2016 at 17:17 |
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Yup, it was the go to replacement, now it’s gone to shit. Supposedly the one good OEM replacement changed suppliers for their castings a few years back (probably including MOOG) and now they’re ending production here soon.
Things like this are gonna pop up left and right as more people pick up cheap F-bodies for the CAM and other events.
Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
> WarShrike
07/25/2016 at 17:37 |
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The more you post, the more I want to dismantle the front suspension on my TA. The shocks need replacement, and I’m contemplating just doing a full UMI Stage 4 kit so that it’s all fresh.