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Old 03-13-2012, 04:57 PM
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IMO it appears as though the threads in the aluminum knockoff were sheared. Initially perhaps by overtighening then pulled/cracked and sheared by the G force of the turns. The threaded hub is steel, the aluminum will be the first to fail.
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