polaris lug nuts for the aluminium wheels are cheap azz junk... I have a 07 sportsman 500 and have been replacing them often... I don't use a torque wrench but I certain I'm not going to 90 lbs... I have not stripped a lub nut tightening them but I check the lugs from time to time and find loose ones and try to tighten them and find they are stripped... I have not had to replace a stud though... at $2 apiece for lug nuts though I am not a happy camper...

 

i still have the rock. i can throw that at them. the rim is worth more to me than the rock. lol

ya its a big hole. its a never ending repairs. i still need a trans for my pickup. but i may buy a differnt truck if i can get the one i want cheap enough.

im single and still haveing a tough time getting what i want. just cuz the job market is slow. if it wasent for that. the i could get anything id want.

been thinking about it.

 

ya- but think of the eye damage you could do with a laser

 

need to get the laser guns the law enforcement has. some company came out with a green laser the police use to blind someone attacking them. they showed it on the news. that be nice to have. that sucker was bright.....

 

well think im gona turn my broken rim into a clock. i cut the broken part off today. im just looking for the clock parts now......

before


after

 

Looks like a clean cut, what did you use a band saw?

 

That's going to be one nice looking clock.

 

It proves there are idiots everywhere. I know the stretch of road you're talking about. Not fun at night. You reminded me of something. I used to drive my kids to the church school a couple towns over. There was a traffic light that everyone in the left lane goes straight and the people in the right lane turn right. I was at the head of the line and the light turned green and I accelerated. I was just getting into the merge area after the light when a kid came ripping up the right side and forced me to cross the yellow line to avoid crunching together. He had one of those nice, "if you don't like how I drive, dial eat ____". I wrote his license plate down and watched him cut a few more people off in the following months. I ended up needing an oil change and went to the local Jiffy Lube. While in line I noticed a car with a delightful bumper sticker. I asked the manager if the kid with that car worked there and he told me yes. He was doing my oil change. The manager asked me why I asked. Told him the story. The manager said, "Yeah, he can be a real idiot at times." I asked if he would mind if I threatened him a little bit. He got a big smile and said go for it. At the time I was 6'3" and 250 and was built like Teddy Bruschi. AFTER he finished the oil change and I was ready to go I took the kid aside and explained what he had done to me in traffic with my kids in the truck. He started turning white. I explained that he was fortunate that at this time I am a Christian and that if he had done it before or does it again I would personally rip his arm off and beat him to death with it. I never saw him cut off anybody again.

 

i was gona have a local machine shop cut it. but it was to big, and there is to many spokes for it to fit on there machine.

so. i put it on the back wheel. blocked up the back end, and chocked the front wheels. set the idle a little high. and sat there first with a file then with a hack saw blade. about 45 or so min later. it came off. nice and smooth cut........

some one said use a sawzall. but ida never made a clean cut like that with that. plus ida have to deal with it 2 times. once for the cut and again to get it clean.

 

i whent and got a 1/4" thick block today. and got the clock guts. probley wont be here tell sat or so. but i need to figure out how to turn the 1/4" thick block and make it like a cap to cover the center hole so i can mount the clock guts to it. but here is a paint drawing to get an idea. "just and idea" for now...