John -
This Mexican definitely deserves full US citizenship!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 12/2/05, John Soderling <jsoderling@astound.net> wrote:
>
> I put 72 spoke wires on my BN4 about 5 years ago. Standard 72 spoke wires
> will rub the front drums. Talk to the folks at British Wire Wheel because
> they have 72 spoke wires with special offset to clear the front brake
> drums.
> I used the offset ones on all four corners and they put the wheel & tire
> outboard an inch or so which looks great. Gives the Healey a wider stance
> look. Hendrix WW can probable provide the same wheels. Buy only Dayton's
> as they have Perma-True technology which means the wheels don't have to
> have
> the spokes retightened & wheels trued after the first thousand miles or so
> of use.
>
> I can cruise at 80 MPH and feel less vibration in the Healey steering
> wheel
> than with my Lexus. I should also add that my great Mexican wire wheel
> guy
> balance the front tires on the car. He's the best. First he balances
> them
> on a regular dynamic balancer. If he doesn't like the way they are
> rotating, he will remove the tire from the balancer, break down the tire,
> shift the tire around on the wheel and put it back on the dynamic
> balancer.
> He may go through this process several times with a tire. Then when he is
> satisfied with the dynamic balance, he puts the front tire on the car and
> has me sit in the car and put one finger at the 12 o'clock position on the
> steering wheel while he spins the tire at high speed with a motor driven
> wheel tire spinner. Using years of experience, he fine-tunes the wheel
> weight positions until my one finger can detect no vibration. He then
> repeats this process with the other front tire & wheel.
> Vroooom vrooom,
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allyn Richardson" <allynrichardson@cox.net>
> To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:30 PM
> Subject: Wire wheels
>
>
> > Will 72 spoke 5.5 inch wide wire wheels fit on a 58 BN6 with drum
> brakes?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Allyn
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