Brian,
I agree with you here. What's factory on a TR may not be the same as what's
factory spec on a Spitfire -- and the factory spec could have changed at any
time. My Bentley factory workshop manual for the Herald, Vitesse and
Spitfire clearly shows a mounted hub adapter with single beveled nuts in
place. Based on this evidence, I believe that I'll be safe with the adapter
nuts from Spitbits, however, I also believe that double beveled nuts would
have been fine as long as they were the correct thread diameter and pitch.
As a full set was unavailable from any of the usual sources I frequent, I
ordered the set from Nigel this afternoon.
I'm taking the opportunity while I have the car on jack stands (I replaced
the ruined wheel studs today), to change the oil and filter, check the
transmission and rear end oil and replace the leaking oil pan seal.
My new door panels and upholstery kit including seat foams arrived today.
If anyone can advise me on the difficulty or ease of doing the seats myself,
please chime in. I have no reservations about letting a professional
upholsterer do the seats if they can do a better job than I can -- though I
sure don't mind giving it a try!
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
> Those who have chimed in on the double bevel nut thing have all had big
TR's with the
> 4 on 4 1/2 bolt circle, and yes, these do generally wear a double bevel
nut just as
> Dave H. at TRF said. Since the Spit is a smaller bolt circle, the
adaptors are
> different and the wheel studs are different as well, so the nuts won't be
the same
> from a TR-4/6 to a Spit. Nigel is a pretty smart cookie when it comes to
Spit stuff.
> If he says his nuts are short with only one bevel, I'd bet that's what you
should use.
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> Regards,
>
> Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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