Some of your google reading might have been my comments on other boards. I'm one that thinks they should be pulled from service, period. A reference you might not have come across is the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) web site. Link below. Back in the 1970s there was a recall effort made to get the RH-5ºs off the road. The wheel manufacturers agreed to pull them from their catalogs in 1972. All but K-H did so. They kept selling them until 1977. Then the recall effort got squashed in 1980 when industry pressure resulted in OSHA merely issuing stronger training guidelines for installers. So no federal action has been taken to outlaw them, but as I understand a number of states have done this on their own. And as you've read, the number of wrongful death/injury jury awards have caused most reputable shops to refuse to touch the things. You might want to scroll back through the IIHS Status Reports to read about the recall effort. Stu
http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr0713.pdf
