Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:12:12 -0500 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: New wheels?
James Sweet wrote: >>>Eeeeh.... hate to bring facts into things and all, but there isn't >>>an auto manufacturer out there who doesn't offer alloy wheels to go >>>on steel hubs. Its not a "design error", it's a "Saab saw that there >>>is a potential for all cars with this mixture, and chose to >>>proactively deal with theirs" kind of thing. >>> >>> >>My experience is that the problem is significantly aggravated on the 9-5 >>compared with for instance the 9000. When changing to steel winter wheel >>you have to work much harder to remove the rust on a 9-5 hub than on a >>9000 (or C900) hub. You would expect that for each new model the >>manufacturer would learn how to improve the technical solutions. OK if >>the new bolt is one way of doing it but it seems more like a panic >>solution than a proactive solution to a known problem. >> >> > > I haven't tried it on a Saab yet, but I've switched back and forth between > alloy and steel rims on my Volvo and have never had any problems in that > area. > > > I don't have any alloy/steel rim problems with my Volvo. But then the Volvo is rear wheel drive with the B21FT engine :-) I have not has any problems with steel rims with my Classic Saabs.
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