On the subject of wire wheels on TRs. . .
I've always wondered about the studs and nuts that hold the splined hub
extensions for wire wheels on the car.
Why is it that the wire wheel studs are unsuitable for mounting up disc wheels?
I know it looks pretty scary . . . having those big fat TR lug nuts on there
without any stud sticking out the middle of them . . . but do they really
engage fewer threads on the stud than do the nuts that hold the splined
adapters on?
If so . . why?
Do these wire wheel nuts have a different taper to them than the normal lug
nuts? Is the disc wheel "thicker" than the splined extension and so doesn't
allow the lug nut to be screwed down as far.
Curious minds want to know.
Scott Tilton
1970 TR6 running better today (so far) in Leeburg, VA
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