John -
I had exactly the opposite problem when I ordered a 13" Mountney wheel for
my '67 Sprite from Demon Tweaks (UK). The hub they sent was too small. I
sent it back and they returned the correct one with the comment "sorry, we
sent you a hub for a later model" (post-'67). BTW, Mania carries these but
with a limited selection of wheel styles.
This is sounding like the start of a three bears story...
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 10:45 AM 7/17/01 -0500, John.Deikis@med.va.gov wrote:
>I'm either really dumb or somebody along the way has screwed me up! (hey, I
>guess it could be both).
>My '68 Spridget has a broken steering wheel. I've tried to find a 13" wheel
>and adapter and have had
>a bit of trouble. Looks like the cheap-o sources, like Grant Wheels, don't
>make a hub for the '68. So, I coughed up the bucks for a Moto-Lita from
>LBCarCo. But the adapter is too big for the splines on my steering column.
>Jeff Zorn at LBCarCo checked the part number of the hub and said "Yep,
>that's the hub for a '68." But not MY '68.
>
>I measured the splined section and the threaded section of the column (where
>the big nut goes on) and came up with these dimensions:
>Steering column spline diameter: 0.621"
>Steering wheel nut threads diameter: 0.565"
>
>The Moto-Lita adapter has a splined hole that is around 0.713--0.719",
>although I could not measure it very well.
>
>Anybody have any idea what's going on??
>
>Thanks.
>
>--John
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