As I understand it, The Hub carrier is kind of hard to get wrong as it is
attached to the steering arm and would look very wrong if on the wrong side.
However the hub itself is mounted on a bearing on the hub carrier and the
left and the right side look much the same!! So just like the example we
heard of someone getting it wrong at the back the front can be wrong too.
The best fix is probably never to take them both off at once!!
While on the subject is anyone aware of why they undo (or tighten up for
that matter) in the way they do? After all the wheel is on a spline on the
hub so wheel and hub and spinner rotate as one when you have given then a
good few hard belts so they are real tight.
Mine undo by turning the top to the front (if you see what I mean) on
either side, so if the cause is the spinner continuing to rotate with
inertia while the wheel stops under braking they would have been off down
the road some time ago!!! Experience suggests (4 or 5 punctures so far)
that they tighten up (apart from the left rear which slackens when first
put on and then stays like that). (my wife thinks it has a mind of its own)
Dave Vodden
1992 Plus 4 4 seater
Hampshire UK
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From: morgans-owner
To: alanaron; morgans
Subject: Re: hubs inquiry
Date: 15 April 1997 10:24
On Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:04:21 Alan worte:
> 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,
They most certanily can. When I got my 4/4 back in 69, I kept
throwing front spinners. Apparently, the PO had had some work
done and the mech. put the left spindle on the right side and
visa versa.
I think I addressed this issue in one of the articles on the
Morgan Web page also. However, it might be burried in the article.
John
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