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RetroBand Wheel Enhancement
If anyone is running RetroBands, be aware there is a problem. I copied this information from another site after being made aware of the problem by Pat at Michelin. If you do have the RetroBands and your running Michelin’s, contact Pat at pat.meisenholder@michelin.com.
There were recently 5 RetroBands failures, one last year and four just recently. None of which involved a blowout. All five, the RetroBands separated while traveling causing no damage. After extensive research they found the problem was caused by third party installers throwing the instructions away and not following torque specifications. Instead tire shops installed them with impact wrenches over torquing the RetroBands causing them to separate.
RetroBands is designing a Torque Brake, that will prevent incorrect installation in the future. Current RetroBands owners will receive the new devise to be added so any future tire changes will not be affected by a third party that does not know the method of tightening RetroBands . If your RetroBands were installed properly at NIRVC there is no problem. If they were installed by a 3rd party that used an air impact wrench instead of a wrench to just snug them, they will need to be remounted.
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In the email from Brett Davis posted on th AIM Facebook page, one of the failed installs was done at NIRVC.
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