We did that on the sprint car......Halibrand knock offs......tire went one way,
car the other, limped into the pits. You do that only once........top toward
the back to tighten..............-art-
Jeff Warner wrote:
> 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.
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> My case:
> Just got my first Jaguar Etype. It was my first time with wire wheels and
>knockoffs.
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> 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.
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> The car stopped but both knock offs kept going ...... right across the road
>and into the field across the intersection.
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> 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.
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> That is one of those mistakes you only make once.
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> Do I have to sign off and admit this?
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> Jeff
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