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Re: TR6 steel wheel roundness and TRF's KN Minilite replicas

To: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: TR6 steel wheel roundness and TRF's KN Minilite replicas
From: "phil ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:03:07 -0500
> > Don't try
> > that with a Dayton made before (1990? darned Oldtimers Disease) or with
a
> > Dunlop of any age.
>
> Should be no problem, as long as the outer cone fits over the wheel
instead of
> inside it.  And both cones need to contact the tapered portion of the
wheel, not
> the edge.
>
> Randall

I'm telling you that on a Dayton wire wheel as they are manufacturing them
now, both cones can fit inside the wheel.  The center portion of the wheel
is now fully-machined.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
"TOOLS? Hell, any fool can work with tools. It takes a real mechanic to
work with this junk." -Orv Ethier, 1921-2004. First Shot Naval Vets, Pearl
Harbor Survivor.




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