You're not the first and won't be the last to suffer from PO axle
modification problems.
When I got my Tiger some 25 odd years ago, the PO had swapped the front
hubs for a pair of Alpine knock-off hubs and welded a pair of knock-off
hubs to the rears so that he could enjoy the benefits of wire wheels. I
guess he promptly spun the guts out of the less-than-stout 60 spoke wheels
and proceeded to weld wire wheel centers into a set of chrome-reverse
wheels. The trouble is they were'nt true and wobbled a bunch PLUS he had
welded the right side hub on the left and vise-versa so one side would come
loose in short time. I ended up putting on new hubs but not before I got
the crap scared out of me a couple of times with wheels coming loose.
Bob
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> From: STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Backwards!
> Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 5:39 AM
>
> Hi Gang:
>
> Well, it looks like I've discovered another one of the previous
> owner's modifications, after all these years.
>
> The replies I got off this network, plus conversations at our
> gathering at Quonset Point, seem to confirm that this is not the
work
> of Rootes. I don't know why anyone would switch my right front lugs
> to backwards threads, but it looks like they did. I already have
the
> new normal studs that will be going in sometime this winter, so I
can
> mount the new wheels.
>
> Oh s**t! I wonder where they got the backwards studs, and did they
> have to drill to install them....?
>
> Stu
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