You will need to cut the studs after mounting the splines. There is an
article on how to do this on British wire wheels and Moss's pages. When you
have the wheels and tires/tube balanced make sure they do not put the wheels
against the plate on the balancer. They must use centers on the front and
the back of the wheel. If they don't you will never get them balances. I
used regular rim weight on my wires.
Rick
TR4A CT57505L
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Sanborn <sanborn@net1plus.com>
To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: TR4 Wire Wheel Conversion
>
> Listers,
>
> I'm sitting here with a big fat grin on my face. A set of chrome wire
> wheels arrived today from TRF. I ordered them at the VTR for a big
> discount.
>
> My wife came to the VTR with and we had an unforgettable time. A great
> vacation and intense TR event. She mentioned to me... "how come your car
> doesn't have those pretty wheels like Don Sfora's car?" Well I explained
> that some cars had them but many still didn't.... and I was hoping to buy
> them next year or the year after.
>
> She says " you car would look much better... why don't order them... THERE
> ON SALE". This time the famous shopping theory was working for me.
> Allll-right
>
> I fought for about 30 seconds just to make it look good and went to place
> my order. Got the whole scha-bang for 25% off.
>
> Now the questions. What do I have to do to for a proper conversion? The
> VTR site is down or a least to me. If this is covered in the maintenance
> section... never mind.
>
> Do I have to cut the studs. Any tips on how to do it?
> How much needs to be cut?
> Would it be better or easier to replace the studs?
> Or does the spacer plate idea work better... any downsides?
> When balancing can I use regular rim mounted weights or should I find
> someone who has the stick on kind they use on alloy wheels?
> How tight do the hub nuts need to be?
> How tight should the knockoffs be?
> Does the hub get buttered the silvery grease (can't remember name)
> I have seen copper colored stuff used as well?
>
> Thanks folks..... All advice will be appreciated
>
> Brian Sanborn
> 62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
>
> My TR4 Restoration Web Site
> http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html (Big Update on 6/13/99)
> E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
>
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