Michael:
The MGC rear wire wheel hub is held onto the axle in the same way the
regular MGB one is, by a big nut inside the splined extention.
The hubs are interchangeable, so yes you can remove the wire wheel hub
from the axle and install a steel wheel hub.
As Paul noted in his message, the steel wheel MGC had 5 lugs, so the
rear drums which are unique to the C are drilled for the 5 lug pattern
instead of the 4 lugs of the regular MGB.
Keep in mind that a lot of the MGC is unique, especially the front
suspension and brakes. For your first MG, you picked a good one, but
it's one that not too many people are going to be familiar with.
Kelvin Dodd
1969 MGC GT
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of MICHAEL JONES
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 8:13 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: MGC
I removed the rear brake drum to verify that the rear cylinders I had
ordered were correct, since I won't be working on the brake system for a
couple of weeks (and I am not familiar with this car as its the first MG
I have had). My question is why the brake drum is held on with five lug
nuts (wire wheel car)? I could understand it if the WW axle could be
disconnected from the hub, but it doesn't look as if it can. If it
could, just change the axel and you would have a disc wheel car. Does it
come apart? Seems like over kill if the hub and axle are one. Just
curious.
MJ
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