Guess I was lucky but I only needed about 1/4" to be moved. But I did check
the lines to make sure nothing happened.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick P. Castronovo" <slick1@mohaveaz.com>
To: <jon_wissler@pngc.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Tire & Wheel Size Revisited
> If you simply push or pull on the line the most likely place it will kink
is
> at the fitting. SO! If you do not need to move it more than 1/4" to 1/2"
> try putting your thumb about 2" or more above the fitting and holding the
> fitting with the same hand, use it as a counter pressure against the way
you
> want to push or pull the line. Go slow. Watch the other end of the line
> that you do not kink the line at that fitting. Pat
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon_wissler@pngc.com <jon_wissler@pngc.com>
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, June 11, 2001 12:57 PM
> Subject: Tire & Wheel Size Revisited
>
>
> > OK. So now I feel comfortable that I finally have the right lug
> >nuts for the 14 x 7 panasports. (7/16 thread, 13/16 head). So I put the
> >suckers back on for the fourth time this weekend to see if the wobble has
> >lessened. It seems as though there is a noise coming from the front end
I
> >hadn't noticed before, so I pull over to take a look. It appears that
the
> >inside rim of the wheel MAY be rubbing on my brake line on the passenger
> >side. Assuming this to be a bad thing, I go back home and crawl under to
> >take a look. The driver's side seems to have adequate brake line
> >clearance, but the drivers side is either just barely touching the line,
> >or just barely missing the line. I assume that there is probably some
> >moving around that takes place during spirited driving, and therefore, I
> >should have SOME clearance there. So the question is, since this brake
> >line has a bit of give to it, can I simply bend it slightly out of the
> >way, or will I royally screw my brake hydraulic system up? These wheels
> >by the way are 14JJ7 something, which I now believe to be 14x7 with a
10mm
> >offset (J is the tenth letter in the alphabet). If I had a 0 offset,
> >which is what I thought the group said I should have, they would be up
> >against my brake lines, which would suggest you can't run a 7" wheel with
> >10 offset up front. However, if I had a 0 offset, I would most likely
> >have problems with rubbing in the back (I don't now), and lord knows what
> >up front. Although, with the wider front flare, perhaps that wouldn't be
> >much of a problem.
> >
> >Comments? Solutions? Words of warning? Fan mail from a flounder ??
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