Rick Morrison wrote:
>
> Paul,
> I ran into this little tip in a magazine article several months ago
> (sorry, I can't for the life of me remember what mag.) about the various
> wheels on MG's
> The author when discussing the V-8 style wheels, made mention of the
> symptoms you describe. His solution was as follows:
> When re installing the V-8 (alloy) wheels, start two Rostyle wheel nuts
> on opposite studs. Tighten just enough for the taper to align the wheel
> holes to the studs, but not enough to damage the hole edge. Then start
> and tighten, on the other two studs, the V-8 wheel nuts. Remove the
> Rostyle nuts and replace with the V-8 nuts.
Ross, that's a brilliant tip, thanks a bunch. I still have Rostyle nuts from
when I
converted the roadster to chrome wires.
Thanks agsin,
PaulH.
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