Thanks, Peter, I figured I'd do that, too, (although
VB lists only one stud part number for all types of
wheels) but my issue is with the nuts. I used PlayDoh
to determine where the interference was, and the nuts
are the immediate problem.
VB lists part number 12-8046 as the correct nut for
splined adapters, and part number 18-191 as the
correct nut for stamped steel wheels (they also list
12-3687 for bolt-on wire wheels, but that's not what I
have). I have some TR2-3-4 adapter nuts and the
thickness is roughly half (too bad they're 7/16"
instead of 3/8").
Jeff has a page on the problem
(http://www.totallytriumph.net/spitfire/hard_lesson.shtml),
but he says SpitBits has the shorter nuts and they
tell me they're all the same.
M D "Doc" Nugent
--- Peter Ryner <pryner@verizon.net> wrote:
> I normally see owners cutting the old studs with a
> hack saw. Can't go back
> to disk wheels unless you get new studs, but fixes
> the clearance problem.
> Pete
>
>
> Who might sell the thin lug nuts you use when
> putting
> splined adapters (for knock off wire wheels) on a
> Spitfire?
>
> VB has sent me the wrong ones twice, and SpitBits
> doesn't seem to understand the question (they say
> the
> nuts they sell work both for wire wheels and pressed
> steel wheels).
>
> The ones I need are only about 3/8" thick so they
> don't interfere with the wire wheel mounting surface
> on the splined adapter. They have the standard 3/8"
> threads.
>
> Thanks,
> M D "Doc" Nugent
>
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