Jeff...........
The steel-wheel axle housing is one inch longer than the wire wheel one.
Since, with steel wheels, your tires rubbed on the inside fender well, it
would appear you have lucked out. Fitting the wire hubs and wheels has
solved the problem and put the car back the way it was originally.
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Zuckerman <JeffZuckerman@csi.com>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 10:40 PM
Subject: Do I have the corrrect rear axle?
>Hi all,
> I'm just entering the home stretch in the renovation of my 67 BGT. It
>feels great when it all starts to come together.
> My question concerns the rear axle. I restored my car from a rolling
>bodyshell, so I don't have the advantage of ever having driven it or of
even
>knowing much of its history. When I towed the car home, it had steel
>wheels, but they rubbed very badly on the inside of the rear fender wells,
>so much so that I discovered that I'd nearly had a double blowout on the
way
>home!
> I figured that maybe the tires were just the wrong size. Anyway, I
>switched the car over to wire wheels with hub assemblies procured from
>another 67 BGT. I simply slipped the w/w hubs onto the existing axles
>without replacing the axles themselves.
> The thing is, the tires appear to be in the correct spot in the wheel
>well, and there does not seem to be any rubbing or chafing. Is it possible
>that I have gotten lucky and that my original steel wheel car was really a
>wire wheel car to begin with and I have simply set it back the way it
>belonged?
> I hope this makes sense to somebody so I can set my mind at ease, or
>start tearing stuff apart again.
>
>thanks,
>Jeff Zuckerman
>Olympia, WA
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