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Re: Fw: wire wheels

To: Rich C <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Subject: Re: Fw: wire wheels
From: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 19:59:47 -0600
Rich,

You apparently are biased against Dayton wheels.
I can tell you from personal experience & the word of Allen Hendrix that 
Dayton 60 spoke wheels WILL clear the front drums on a BN2.

Dave Russell
BN2

Rich C wrote:
> Bob, I know of no source for a spacer to fit the 60 spoke Dunlop wheel to a
> front drum brake Healey. My friend just had a pair made up by taking a few
> measurements and an old hub to a machine shop to get the exact degree of
> conical chamfer.
> This is a simple little item I'm sure there's a market for.
> Any takers in the manufacturing sector????
> 
> Rich Chrysler
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Larson" <robertlarson@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: wire wheels
> 
> 
> 
>>Rich,
>>
>>      I have a brand new set of 60 Spoke Dunlops that were bought almost
> 
> 15
> 
>>years ago and we stated to be correct for fitting to a 100/4.  Was not
> 
> until
> 
>>many years later here on the list that I learned of the clearance problem.
> 
> So I
> 
>>tried one on the front wheel and found that I did indeed have the problem.
> 
> It
> 
>>does not look like it would take that much to get the clearance and
> 
> thought of
> 
>>having the drum skinned slightly at that face or maybe a spacer could be
> 
> found.
> 
>>  However neither has been done.
>>
>>     I see no need to "reinvent the wheel" as the saying goes.  Is this
> 
> spacer
> 
>>available for purchase?  If not are drawings with measurements available
> 
> so that
> 
>>it could just be jobbed out?
>>
>>      In advance, Thanks!
>>
>>Bob
>>55BN1   The Queen resting on her laurels.   (Resting on Jack Stands in
>>Garage   for years)
>>
>>
>>>>James,
>>>>The BN1, BN2 and 100/6 (all models with drum front brakes) cannot fit a
>>>>stock 60 spoke Dunlop wire wheel because the inner set of spokes do an
>>>>interference fit to the perimeter of the drum.
>>>
>>
>>>>That said, a 60 spoke Dunlop wheel can be fitted if a pair of conical
>>>>adapters are machined up to allow about a 1/4" standoff of the wheel
>>>
> from
> 
>>>>the hub cone. A local friend has done exactly this on his BN2 and runs
>>>>chrome 60 spoke wheels with great success.
>>>>Rich Chrysler





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