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Re: Wheels

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Wheels
From: skillman@clark.net (Bob,Jean,Matt or Maggie Skillman)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:58:57 -0400
>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:03:07 -0400
>To:BarneyMG@aol.com
>From:skillman@clark.net (Bob,Jean,Matt or Maggie Skillman)
>Subject:Re: Wheels
>
>Barney wrote:
>>Ever get a good look at a Twin Cam wheel?  Looks a lot like a standard steel
>>wheel (a bit wider and heavier) bolted to a spline hub adapter.  I trust that
>>the splines don't match the standard wire wheel splines, but the concept is
>>there.
>
>On twin cams 4 large pins engage the hub, the knock-off mainly tightens
>the wheel against the hub much like lug nuts would.  Thus the splines are
>not that important and I believe actually nonexistent on twin cam wheels.
>The knock-off thread is different from most MGs.  This system was
>apparently popular on competition Jags and other cars of the era.
>
>        Bob Skillman 47TC, 68MGC



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