broke ForceRS wheel off spindle

Was practicing at Richmond in N4. The FF there seemed to be a real bear and I was getting a good workout. Next think I know... crrrrrunch. The wheel has broken off the spindle. The wheel seemed pretty solid up till then, except for in the last several days, the paddle shifters started not wanting to shift without an inordinate amount of pressure. That probably should have been my first warning sign. Anyway, has anyone ever had this happen, and more importantly, have any suggestions for fixing it? I dismantled the wheel and it is/was attached by means of 4 splined nuts that are/were pressed into the plastic hub of the wheel. There was a small lip of plastic at the bottom of the holes where the nut was pressed in, these are now pretty much destroyed. The spline marks that aligned the bolts in the recesses seem to not be stripped. There are several tangential cracks running out from various spots along these recesses. Aside from the lips being obliterated, it seems to be in OK shape. I think either some super-glue or epoxy could be used to repair the cracks. I am not sure how to go about building up the lip of plastic that would hold the wheel in place against the spoke. thoroughly depressed, Gerald Moore

Check with Act Labs customer service. They are unbelievable. I broke the belts in my wheel, and they replaced them AND shipped them for FREE. My wheel was over 2 years old at the time as well. I bet they will have a replacement part for you. T "Gerald Moore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:JF2I6.49171$[email hidden]... > Was practicing at Richmond in N4. The FF there seemed to be a real bearand > I was getting a good workout. Next think I know... crrrrrunch. The wheel > has broken off the spindle. > > The wheel seemed pretty solid up till then, except for in the last several > days, the paddle shifters started not wanting to shift without aninordinate

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> amount of pressure. That probably should have been my first warning sign. > > Anyway, has anyone ever had this happen, and more importantly, have any > suggestions for fixing it? > > I dismantled the wheel and it is/was attached by means of 4 splined nuts > that are/were pressed into the plastic hub of the wheel. There was a

small > lip of plastic at the bottom of the holes where the nut was pressed in, > these are now pretty much destroyed. The spline marks that aligned the > bolts in the recesses seem to not be stripped. There are severaltangential > cracks running out from various spots along these recesses. > > Aside from the lips being obliterated, it seems to be in OK shape. Ithink > either some super-glue or epoxy could be used to repair the cracks. I am > not sure how to go about building up the lip of plastic that would holdthe > wheel in place against the spoke. > > thoroughly depressed, > Gerald Moore > >

You! Stop, and step back away from the Glue Tubes slowly... I think you need to consult Act Labs before you do _anything_, especially something like Epoxy that would not be reversible. -Larry "Gerald Moore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:JF2I6.49171$[email hidden]... > Was practicing at Richmond in N4. The FF there seemed to be a real bearand > I was getting a good workout. Next think I know... crrrrrunch. The wheel > has broken off the spindle. > > The wheel seemed pretty solid up till then, except for in the last several > days, the paddle shifters started not wanting to shift without aninordinate

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> amount of pressure. That probably should have been my first warning sign. > > Anyway, has anyone ever had this happen, and more importantly, have any > suggestions for fixing it? > > I dismantled the wheel and it is/was attached by means of 4 splined nuts > that are/were pressed into the plastic hub of the wheel. There was a

small > lip of plastic at the bottom of the holes where the nut was pressed in, > these are now pretty much destroyed. The spline marks that aligned the > bolts in the recesses seem to not be stripped. There are severaltangential > cracks running out from various spots along these recesses. > > Aside from the lips being obliterated, it seems to be in OK shape. Ithink > either some super-glue or epoxy could be used to repair the cracks. I am > not sure how to go about building up the lip of plastic that would holdthe > wheel in place against the spoke. > > thoroughly depressed, > Gerald Moore > >

Did the same thing to mine last year; snapped 'er off. Had to buy a refurbished wheel unit from ActLabs. Al. "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lChI6.69057$[email hidden]...

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> You! Stop, and step back away from the Glue Tubes slowly... > > I think you need to consult Act Labs before you do _anything_, especially > something like Epoxy that would not be reversible. > > -Larry > > "Gerald Moore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:JF2I6.49171$[email hidden]... > > Was practicing at Richmond in N4. The FF there seemed to be a real bear > and > > I was getting a good workout. Next think I know... crrrrrunch. The

wheel > > has broken off the spindle. > > > > The wheel seemed pretty solid up till then, except for in the lastseveral > > days, the paddle shifters started not wanting to shift without an > inordinate > > amount of pressure. That probably should have been my first warningsign.

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> > > > Anyway, has anyone ever had this happen, and more importantly, have any > > suggestions for fixing it? > > > > I dismantled the wheel and it is/was attached by means of 4 splined nuts > > that are/were pressed into the plastic hub of the wheel. There was a > small > > lip of plastic at the bottom of the holes where the nut was pressed in, > > these are now pretty much destroyed. The spline marks that aligned the > > bolts in the recesses seem to not be stripped. There are several > tangential > > cracks running out from various spots along these recesses. > > > > Aside from the lips being obliterated, it seems to be in OK shape. I > think > > either some super-glue or epoxy could be used to repair the cracks. I

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> > not sure how to go about building up the lip of plastic that would hold > the > > wheel in place against the spoke. > > > > thoroughly depressed, > > Gerald Moore > > > > > >