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Re: MGB rear-end widths

To: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>, Larry Dickstein <bugide@juno.com>
Subject: Re: MGB rear-end widths
From: syd saperstein <tcsyd@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 23:09:48 -0500 (CDT)
At 11:04 PM 9/10/97 +0100, Robert Allen wrote:
>Larry Dickstein wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Rich-
>>         The wire wheel setup is about 3" narrower than the disc wheel
>> setup.  And, yes, it is a snap to change all at once as you will want to
>> rebush things as you go (Leave it alone, Bob).
>
>C/GT has a wire wheel axle: 46 1/2 inches from the outside of the brake
>backing plates.
>
>I seem to have collected a RB-B disc axle: 48 inches from the outside of
>the brake backings plates.
>
>I believe the 'C' and 'B' tube axle carriers are interchangeable.
>
>And it's a snap to change if you can bench press 165 greasy pounds with
>one arm. Bending new brake lines is a hoot. Buy about a dozen practice
>lines.
>
>I'll sell you the RB-B axle for $1 a pound. You pick up. Please.
>
>Bob Allen, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
>"Excuse me but isn't 'People's Princess' an oxymoron?"
 Only in the former Soviet Union
>
>


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