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Re: [Mgs] Wires to Bolt-on Wheels

To: "Stephen Hughes" <daybell7@aol.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Wires to Bolt-on Wheels
From: PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 08:27:14 +0100 f7iJyDxUPH8NFNGsj/krNTibvQ6znEHMrXzIHk04bdYEL9SiW9etI5jF7I6pk2By6vTb/NeCBxXPGw==
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Wire wheel axles are a couple of inches shorter than stud wheel so if =
you put standard wire wheels on standard WW hubs on a chrome bumper car =
the rear tyres will likely foul the arches.  RB cars are usually OK =
unless they have been lowered.  There are conversion hubs that bring the =
wheels in by about half an inch or so, but you can still get fouling =
especially on the left.  BT, DT, eventually got a pukka wire wheel axle =
with my aftermarket Dunlop WW wheels but they still rub a bit with 175s =
as the inset doesn't seem to be as much as the originals, the rear track =
being 1270mm instead of 1250mm.

Minilites may be OK if the inset is suitable, but really you won't know =
with either wheel type until you get them on the car as suppliers =
statements on inset etc. aren't always correct.

Used hubs need to be treated with caution, the splines narrow and lean =
over especially at the rear and if left will eventually shear.

PaulH.
  ----- Original Message -----=20


  Either my wire wheeled 1972 Roadster or 1968 GT will get Minilite =
Wheels.

  =20

  I=E2=80=99ll need to switch out the hubs for the bolt-ons. =20

  =20

  Since the hubs are not available new, I=E2=80=99ll have to find used =
hubs.

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Wire wheel axles are a couple of inches shorter than =
stud=20
wheel so if you put standard wire wheels on standard WW hubs on a chrome =
bumper=20
car&nbsp;the rear tyres will likely foul the arches.&nbsp; RB cars are =
usually=20
OK unless they have been lowered.&nbsp; There are conversion hubs that =
bring the=20
wheels in by about half an inch or so, but you can still get fouling =
especially=20
on the left.&nbsp; BT, DT, eventually got a pukka wire wheel axle with =
my=20
aftermarket Dunlop WW wheels but they still rub a bit with 175s as the =
inset=20
doesn't seem to be as much as the originals, the rear track being 1270mm =
instead=20
of 1250mm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Minilites may be OK if the inset is suitable, but =
really you=20
won't know with either wheel type&nbsp;until you get them on the car as=20
suppliers statements on inset etc. aren't always correct.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Used hubs need to be treated with caution, the=20
splines&nbsp;narrow and lean over&nbsp;especially at the rear and if =
left will=20
eventually shear.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Either my wire wheeled 1972 Roadster or 1968 GT =
will get=20
  Minilite Wheels.</P>
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  <P class=3DMsoNormal>I=E2=80=99ll need to switch out the hubs for the =
bolt-ons.&nbsp;=20
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  <P class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal>Since the hubs are not available new, =
I=E2=80=99ll have to find=20
  used hubs.</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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