Hi Alan,
15 years! Suddenly I feel better about the 10 years spent so far on my 4/4
Series 1. I'll let you know how I get on in 5 years time.
This sidedness only applies to Rudge Hubs (wire wheels with the big centre
locking nut). These centre nuts or spinners have right hand threads on one
side of the car and left hand threads on the other. The idea is that when
the car is travelling forward the nuts have the tendancy to tighten rather
than loosen. The manufactures of the centre hubs have the good sense to
stamp R and L in large letters in the castings. This has not prevented the
odd(?) mechanic switching them round with sometimes dramatic results.
The guy who last did some work on my rear axle was one of these afore
mentioned odd machanics. Fortunately I checked before refitting the axle.
Cheers
Steve Moore
>I may sound like a real amateur (specially since I have owned 2 Mogs for
>over 20 years), but in Steve's question on wire wheels loosening, he
>mentions that he checked the obvious that the "hubs are on the right side of
>the car". What's obvious??? I am in the middle of the 15 year chassis-up
>reconditioning of my 64 +4, and have finished the chassis and rear and front
>end suspensions. I don't ever recall having seen anything about putting hubs
>on the wrong side. Can they go on the wrong side? The front obviously can't
>because of the tie-bar linkages, but what about the rear?
>
>
>Alan Aron
>'64 +4
Dr. Stephen Moore
CSIRO Tropical Agriculture
Molecular Animal Genetics Centre
Level 3, Gehrmann Laboratories
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, 4072
Australia
ph 61 7 3377 0476
fax 61 7 3377 0480
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