In a message dated 25/03/2004 12:52:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
Well, look here, Paul, the only maintenance one can pull on the
splines is to lubricate and inspect them them at regular intervals.
Obviously, the wheel rotates on the hub a fraction of an inch each time
it's accelerated or decelerated - witness that the knock off nuts
tighten up - so there's wear in the splines as a result. The only
repair is to replace them in sets.
I wonder how many people on the list have replaced them as a regular
maintenance item. Have you?
Yup - replaced all the hubs and hub extensions on the MGC when I rebuilt it.
Looked at a restored TR-4 for a guy the other day and the wheel could be
moved a couple of inches the splines were so thrashed - and the guy selling it
had never noticed.
Had one guy racing an MGB, lost a wheel and sailed off into the weeds, as
his wheel headed across the track into traffic.
If you are going to own a wire wheel car, maintain the damned things!
Bill
(who has Rudge wheels only on the MGC and the Lamborghini - and feels much
better when running the MGA with peg drive kock-offs that can't strip...)
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