Folks,
In early June I installed:
4 new Dayton 15" wire wheels (from TRF in '00)
4 Pirelli P4000 (215/70)
4 new hub adapters (2 from Moss, bought in '90 still in box, 2 from
TRF in '00)
16 shortened studs, new nuts
4 new octagon knockoffs
When I installed each wheel, I checked for 'slop', that is, 'how
much can the wheel turn on the hub adapter, if the knockoff is
loose'? With all new pieces, I did not expect any. There was no
slop noticed, or it was so small, I couldn't measure it.
Last week, after driving about 1500 miles in 5 weeks, I went to
remove the wheels in order to retighten the newly installed studs
and make sure they were completely seated.
To my dismay, my right rear wheel now has almost 3/16" slop
(measured at the edge of the wheel rim.) The other three are still
okay, no slop noticeable.
The splines still look new (on edge view: like a triangle with the
top flattened, no wear noticeable). There is slight gauling<SP?>
on the surface of the hub adapter between the stud nuts and the
splines, where the wheel presses against the hub. I used
anti-seize on all the mating surfaces.
Since this is an alarming amount of wear for so few miles, is this
more likely a defect or something I somehow screwed up?
Thanks,
Rick Olson
'72 TR6
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