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1. wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: "Jim Stuart" <vze3swyy@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:09:22 -0500; I inadvertently deleted a message from a young man asking for info about converting a steel wheel car to wire wheels. Hopefully he will see this & accept my apology for not replying directly. Wire wh; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00671.html (7,920 bytes)
2. Re: wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:03:08 -0000; But if you get an axle complete with backplates and decide to restore and use that make sure it came off the same type of car. The slave cylinders on a GT have a bigger diameter as the greater weight; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00674.html (7,776 bytes)
3. Re: wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: James Laukaitis <jim5@us.ibm.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:25:51 -0500; I have a 67 BGT that I was planning to autox, but that failed. I did want to convert from wires to discs. I have a rear axle and front hubs from a 73 MGB. If anyone is interested, I will let that go; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00700.html (7,259 bytes)
4. Re: wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37:00 -0700; You can find alloys used from time to time. I saw a set go on Ebay for $750. I got mine for $800. (Inspect prior to buying) -- Andrew Lundgren lundgren@byu.net http://www.Lundgren.us /// or try http:; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00710.html (7,088 bytes)
5. Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Bmgreen@aol.com; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 05:13:59 EDT; I have recently purchased a 64 B, after literally months of looking. As I told the seller, I am worse than one of my daughters before Christmas (while waiting to pick the car up). Publicly, I would l; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00194.html (7,758 bytes)
6. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 05:35:12 -0400; Hi Stephen, Welcome to MG land! First you need wired wheels either painted or chromed (mine are chromed and beautiful!) Front: you need wire wheel hubs instead of the current ones. When swapping thes; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00195.html (8,747 bytes)
7. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: "Ken Waringa" <kwaringa@dynsys.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 06:48:00 -0500; I am also contemplating converting my 74 B from steel wheels to wire wheels. I thought I had heard the whole rear end needed to be changed because of different axle lengths between wire and steel whe; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00197.html (9,712 bytes)
8. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: "Unger, Larry G" <larry.g.unger@lmco.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:10:20 -0400; Hans replied: Ken replied: Ken, your correct ... Stephen, you will need to source a new rear axle ... what the parts catalogs don't show is that the Disc Wheel (DW) axle housing is wider than the Wir; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00203.html (9,167 bytes)
9. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:24:54 -0500; Hi Stephen, I have wires on my '69 B. I love the look of wires. I clean them all the time because the anti-sieze leaks thru the spoke holes. Wires can be knocked out of true by a chuck hole. That's w; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00205.html (8,612 bytes)
10. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Gordon Bird <gb@the-bdc.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:43:46 -0400; Next time you have your wires off, and don't need to drive your car for 24hrs or so, use some RTV silicone sealant on the inside of the WW hubs (clean thouroughly first) to effectively seal the spok; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00207.html (8,325 bytes)
11. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:55:36 EDT; You didn't read his post carefully - he has a 64, which has a banjo style rear end - you can NOT just change the half shafts on that rear end as they are different lengths. He needs the whole rear ax; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00220.html (8,665 bytes)
12. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:40:43 -0700; One more comment on this thread, replace the seals when you get your used axle! You will need a puller, a special socket from Moss for $27.95 (or a large socket from Sears) and a press for separating; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00222.html (8,876 bytes)
13. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:40:37 -0700; Charley & Peggy Robinson had this to say: Where are you using anti-seize? On the splines? I have always used multi-purpose grease. I could understand using anti-seize on the spoke adjusters, but how; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00223.html (9,167 bytes)
14. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: "Reynolds,John" <JOHNR@mail.nwmissouri.edu>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:47:59 -0500; Some suggest using grey anti-seize instead of grease so when it gets on the spokes, you don't notice it (painted spokes, that is). The suggestion of using silicone to seal the spokes is fine, except; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00224.html (10,350 bytes)
15. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Gordon Bird <gb@the-bdc.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:23:23 -0400; Max, John, I use the anti-seize on my splines cuz it never gets hard like grease so that my wheels are never hard to remove. I could be wrong, but I don't think the grease is there to provide lubrica; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00225.html (9,249 bytes)
16. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:40:48 -0700; Ah, that's interesting. Although it isn't the grease itself that shows up, it's the road dirt and brake dust that clings to it, and I imagine it would be about the same with anti-seize. I'm not too w; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00247.html (9,495 bytes)
17. RE: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:40:49 -0700; Well, I don't see why anti-seize wouldn't work just fine. Makes sense to me. It just never occurred to me, possibly because the kind I'm familiar with comes in expensive 3oz tubes as opposed to cheap; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00248.html (8,712 bytes)
18. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 18:56:59 -0400; Works well ,But does leak around spokes, I siliconed the hubs and its ok now. It comes in brush on 8 oz cans, Not expensive. Carl E.; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00251.html (8,883 bytes)
19. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 18:31:08 -0500; Hi Gord, Yeh, I've heard that sillycone story before. My prob is that I never have them off for several days, too busy driving the thing. Anyhoo, have you ever tried to get every little bit of anti-s; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00258.html (8,010 bytes)
20. Re: Wire wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 18:42:16 -0500; Hi Max, Yes, on the splines. Lots of folks use Preston silver-colored antisieze compound on the splines. I picked up the idea at a foreign car garage in Santa Rosa, CA. Lessee, that was in '84, as I; /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00259.html (8,052 bytes)

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