In a message dated 03/10/02 12:46:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
doddk@mossmotors.com writes:
> I'd like to get facts if any of the Minator knock off alloy wheels have ever
> failed. I'm not aware of any reported failures, and am very interested in
> following up actual cases.
>
I don't think they were that brand. There were some on an E type and on a big
Healey.
> You got me on the Maggot, the 15" wheels will not clear the center of the
> drum brake hub properly. The car is not driving, so it is rolling around
> with the lug nuts loosely tightened. The final resolution is a converting
> to MGA discs and B calipers.
Have a look at simply plugging the grease nipple and machining the face of
the hub down to fit inside TR adaptors - then you can go wire or steel at
will. The disc conversion is a definite plus, as is an MGB engine, oil
cooler, and OD trans
Leave the diff as is).
> So, note #3
>
> The 15" Minilite replica bolt on wheels will not fit MGA or MG Magnette
> front drum brake applications without modification. I keep on meaning to
> put that note in the catalog and it never gets done. Probably because I
> spend too much time on the MG list. : )
I have fitted TR adaptors to several TRs using thin alloy plate spacers so
you don't need to hack off some of the studs (again, it is reversible that
way), and wonder if something similar would work on the MGs. It's been 30
years since I owned an MGA with drums (at either end) so I can't check this
myself in the garage.
Bill
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