Perhaps I had my gummint-agencies cornfused...

Perhaps not DOT or NTSA, but rather OSHA ?

Check out this link:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=ny&vol=079&invol=0289

So far my Googling has turned-up several lawsuits regarding "tire explosions involving multi-piece rims"...

Here's another one:

http://www.tireaccidents.com/types_of_failure.htm

(And if PI lawyers are putting the monkey on the back of the local tire dealer, no wonder they don't want us pulling in there with our old multi-piece rims...)

Will keep looking...


Frank McMullen
1941 Chevy dump truck
1949 GMC 100 pick-up
1954 Chevy 3600 pick-up
1955.1 4400 dump truck
1941 De Soto & other MoPars
1928 Model A F**D Special Coupe