Re: Wire Wheels

[Jeff Warner <Jeff_Warner@ssa-sa.sel.sony.com>]

HE WROTE:
>>> Dr G W Owen <ensgwo@bath.ac.uk> 4/19/00 4:47:44 AM >>>
Gents,
It isnt an inertia thing under braking at all. If you think about what
happens under braking, the wheel stops and the spinner wishes to carry on.
On the right hand side of the car, the spinner will want to go clockwise,
but that will LOOSEN the LHD. You always know when the spinners arent
tight because they seem to fall off as you stop hard at the lights.
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Hate to admit I had one experience with the knock offs falling off at a light 
but the cause is different.  I didn't know they would drop off if they were 
loose too.

My case:
Just got my first Jaguar Etype.  It was my first time with wire wheels and 
knockoffs. 

Did a full brake job and new bearings on both front wheels at same time.  
Remounted the hubs and brakes then took the car out with a friend to test the 
brakes.  They worked like a dream so we went screaming up and down a long 
twisty hill road at about 85 mph then can to a stop sign and hit the brakes.  

The car stopped but both knock offs kept going ...... right across the road and 
into the field across the intersection.

Turns out I had swapped the left and right hubs when I remounted.  
My friend and I just sat there thinking about the quick trip we just took or 
could have taken ......  
We very carefully remounted knock offs and SLOWLY drove back to the garage to 
do repair work.

That is one of those mistakes you only make once.

Do I have to sign off and admit this?

Jeff
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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