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Re: Tire & Wheel Size Revisited

To: <jon_wissler@pngc.com>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Tire & Wheel Size Revisited
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:47:31 -0400
Jon,

Just smush the lines down to clear the wheel. I did it several times on
several cars with no problems.

Rah, Rah, Sis Boom Bah!!!!!!!!

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: <jon_wissler@pngc.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:33 PM
Subject: Tire & Wheel Size Revisited


>         OK.  So now I feel comfortable that I finally have the right lug
> nuts for the 14 x 7 panasports.  (7/16 thread, 13/16 head).  So I put the
> suckers back on for the fourth time this weekend to see if the wobble has
> lessened.  It seems as though there is a noise coming from the front end I
> hadn't noticed before, so I pull over to take a look.  It appears that the
> inside rim of the wheel MAY be rubbing on my brake line on the passenger
> side.  Assuming this to be a bad thing, I go back home and crawl under to
> take a look.  The driver's side seems to have adequate brake line
> clearance, but the drivers side is either just barely touching the line,
> or just barely missing the line.  I assume that there is probably some
> moving around that takes place during spirited driving, and therefore, I
> should have SOME clearance there.  So the question is, since this brake
> line has a bit of give to it, can I simply bend it slightly out of the
> way, or will I royally screw my brake hydraulic system up?  These wheels
> by the way are 14JJ7 something, which I now believe to be 14x7 with a 10mm
> offset (J is the tenth letter in the alphabet).  If I had a 0 offset,
> which is what I thought the group said I should have, they would be up
> against my brake lines, which would suggest you can't run a 7" wheel with
> 10 offset up front.  However, if I had a 0 offset, I would most likely
> have problems with rubbing in the back (I don't now), and lord knows what
> up front.  Although, with the wider front flare, perhaps that wouldn't be
> much of a problem.
>
> Comments?  Solutions?  Words of warning?  Fan mail from a flounder ??

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