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From: Christopher Albers <Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu>
To: oharajem(at)free.midcoast.com <oharajem(at)free.midcoast.com>
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net> I have informed VB
twice about this problem. The last time they agreed to pay for the machine
work, as its cheaper than shipping them back. I sent them the bill and they
refunded my money ,plus a little extra for my trouble. I suggest you get
their OK and the name of the person, in customer service you contact, before
you have them machined. I found the problem the first time after the tires
were mounted . Don't make this mistake as the tires must be off to get them
machined .Cool Cat Eddie
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: VB minilite replica fit
>oharajem(at)free.midcoast.com writes:
>>While I've had the wheels since the Feb. VB sale, I am just about to
>>retrofit bolt on hubs and tried on a loose front hub (not mounted on
>>axle
>>yet) to confirm the fit. As others have found, the front hub shoulder
>>interferes and does not permit a perfect fit of the mating surfaces of
>>the
>>hub and wheel. A 1/8" - 3/16" spacer would do the trick however that
>>raises
>>a concern with giving up that same amount of space on the grip length
>>of the
>>wheel studs. Then again, I'll be loosing 1/4" on the rear hub studs
>>with the
>>Sunbeam Specialties wheel spacers I had planned to use. Should I be
>>concerned or do I need to have the wheels machined? (I'd rather not).
>>Has
>>anyone else mounted up their new VB wheels yet? Fit problem or
>>solutions?
>>Scott Donnelly
>
>Can anyone else conform that they're having this problem? I think we
>should all gang up on VB for falsely advertising that their wheel fits
>the Alpine and get them to pay whatever costs are involved to get them
>to fit.
>
>Christopher
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