In a message dated 8/18/99 7:41:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, john@rmartin.net
writes:
<< My car has the original factory painted wires, I drive the car fairly
aggressively
and I have never broken a wire. (Knock on wood).
If I bought new chrome wire wheels, barring an accident, I would expect
them to last
pretty much forever.
What am I missing?? >>
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Being a PO of a car with wires, I can say that if you don't keep the wires
tuned they will break. If you tap lightly on each wire, they should all make
a solid sound. If you find a clinker, it is loose. If you don't tighten it,
it will break. The key is to keep the wires tight.
Same thing goes for the hub splines. If you remove a wheel, clean and
re-grease the splines on the wheel and hub. Tighten the knockoff when you
put it back on, then drive a bit and tighten it again, or you'll strip a
spline on a Friday when the local Triumph dealer is taking inventory and the
parts department is closed!
Ask me how I know all these things!
Allen Hefner
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
(Formerly '67 TR4A IRS w/wires)
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