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Old 10-02-2011, 12:31 AM   #1
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No, it wont hold up. The load applied to the wheel in that video dosn't replicate 90% of the forces on the wheel when its bolted to a hub and actually in use. Totally useless testing. Plus the wheel is clearly bent after hes done, and that's the wheels strongest points hes using.
you're doing it wrong. bolted in a hub and in use... you turn it left and right...

the amount of force of a person standing over it is greater than that of you turning it.

it's bent because he applied greater force by jumping on it with all his weight. and the way the steering wheel spokes are built. of course it's of cheaper quality, so it's bound to be a little damaged.

i weigh 185lbs @ 8% body fat, i guarantee i can do the same for any steering wheel that's built like that.

just look at the spokes and it's structure of how it's built. metals will bend with the right amount of pressure applied.
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Old 10-02-2011, 06:30 PM   #2
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you're doing it wrong. bolted in a hub and in use... you turn it left and right...

the amount of force of a person standing over it is greater than that of you turning it.

it's bent because he applied greater force by jumping on it with all his weight. and the way the steering wheel spokes are built. of course it's of cheaper quality, so it's bound to be a little damaged.

i weigh 185lbs @ 8% body fat, i guarantee i can do the same for any steering wheel that's built like that.

just look at the spokes and it's structure of how it's built. metals will bend with the right amount of pressure applied.
Then tell me, what kind of use of the wheel is he replicating by standing on it at that position? And the "bending" test he did at the end was totally useless becuase it wasn't bolted to a hub and most of his energy was focused on keeping the wheel stationary and not actually bending it.

When you test a product, you dont only test it for resistance to regular daily use, it has to be tested for when its stressed outside of its normal duty. For example in this situation, Impacts (crashes, punching, ect..), excessive force (loss of power steering, pushing car by steering wheel, using wheel to reposition yourself and so on...). Testing a product for its ability to withstand forces outside its normal use is just as important, if not more so than regular loads.

If any sort of force was applied to the top section of the wheel, it would bend like spagetti. Any sort of offset, multi-directional or irregular loading would ruin that wheel as we saw in the first video.

The wheels shit, stop trying to defend it.
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Old 10-02-2011, 06:34 PM   #3
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Then tell me, what kind of use of the wheel is he replicating by standing on it at that position? And the "bending" test he did at the end was totally useless becuase it wasn't bolted to a hub and most of his energy was focused on keeping the wheel stationary and not actually bending it.

When you test a product, you dont only test it for resistance to regular daily use, it has to be tested for when its stressed outside of its normal duty. For example in this situation, Impacts (crashes, punching, ect..), excessive force (loss of power steering, pushing car by steering wheel, using wheel to reposition yourself and so on...). Testing a product for its ability to withstand forces outside its normal use is just as important, if not more so than regular loads.

If any sort of force was applied to the top section of the wheel, it would bend like spagetti. Any sort of offset, multi-directional or irregular loading would ruin that wheel as we saw in the first video.

The wheels shit, stop trying to defend it.
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I'm not really surprised at the quality of the product as much as the amount of people defending it.
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