Suicide rim or ring?
This reminds me of Sigfried who was the head of KAOS in the Get Smart series. He wore what he referred to as a suicide ring. If he took it off his wife would kill him.
No Lionel, The lock ring I'm referring to is not the one with the lethal reputation. These are a complete circle one piece ring that has to be sprung on over the wheel lip with a sledge hammer or facsimile thereof. Once in place they cannot come off and it can be a battle to remove them.
The GMC CCKW 6x6 used the same arrangement on all 600,000 or so trucks built with 11 or 12 wheels per truck and I've yet to hear of one coming off on its own. Mind you, this did not stop the QLD road transport people from knocking back a batch of these wheels one of our surplus dealers sold into that state. Nothing wrong with the wheels, just some pen pusher didn't fancy the look of them.
David
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Hell no! I'm not that old!
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