Has anyone tried to machine the wheels to accept a conical wheelnut? I'd
consider it, since its such a pain to get the wheel lined up just right, and
I had to buy two sets of lug nuts to get at least 16 that had the correct
shank diameter.
Is there a good reason not to try to fit a conical lugnut?
Cliff
Graham Stretch writes:
> Hi Stu
> Are all the pivots / ball joints sound, they won't cause vibration, but they
> will allow a slight out of balance to have greater oscillations, therefore
> greater vibration.
> Also the 15 inch Minilite replicas "Minators" I bought from Moss UK have
> flat face wheel nuts like the Stag, not conical nuts, and the nuts are not a
> real good fit in the wheel (not Moss' fault) which allows the wheel to run
> slightly eccentric setting up a vibration through the whole car very similar
> to wheel wobble. I love the look of my wheels, I just wish they located from
> the middle, or had conical nuts.
> The wheels are definitely balanced correctly as I have been trained to do it
> and watched the operatives like a hawk also they have been checked on
> another machine at a different shop and came out zero-zero there too. Had a
> real hard time convincing the guy to leave the weights on. he kept saying he
> had to remove them to re balance them (true) but I only want them checked,
> but I have to.....etc
>
> Graham.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stu Graham"
> Subject: TR3
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