Re: Taking off knock-offs
Roland Dudley (cobra(at)cdc.hp.com)
Fri, 21 Jun 96 15:34:47 PDT
> Also, knock off's are designed so that forward motion of the car will
> tighten them, not loosen them. So when a wheel spins forward, the knock
> off will spin the opposite way. So, to take a knock off off you need to
> rotate it in the same direction as the wheel going forward.
>
> Jay
I don't know if this is true for Alpines, but on some cars the
left and right hubs can be mounted on either side. Keep track if
you remove both sides at the same time. If they are put back on wrong,
forward motion will loosen, rather tighten your hubs. And that ain't
no fish story.
Roland