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Hi Mayf,
Go to the forum you want to post in.
Look at the upper right, button called "Post thread".. in brown/orange.
Gary
> On 05/26/2022 4:53 PM Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:
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> You know I have been a member of CAT continuously since 1974 and off =
and on between 1967 and 1974. Lotta years and subjects under the bridges.. =
I believe some of ya=E2=80=99ll are CAT members as well and I need some ass=
istance with the forum on the CAT web site. I logged on using my official =
user name and pass word, updated just last year but I will be danged if I c=
an where and how to post anything to any of the forum areas. Any help out t=
here?
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> This is just me thinking out loud now. Your, MMV, lol. And everything=
is subject to an 80 year old=E2=80=99s fogy memory. I still have my origi=
nal steel wheels from when I purchased the car, admittedly used in Jan 1967=
with 11K miles on it, and the wheels are what was on the car at that time.=
Oh< my Tiger is a MK I with last four numbers being 1136. So, I am guessi=
ng that they are OEM and specific to this car. They are of course the 13 i=
nch, 4 lug wheels that use 7/16th inch studs and tapered shoulder nuts to =
keep them on the car. I had and had a notion that the wheels are NOT lug c=
entric, but hub centric, to keeping them centered on the hubs. I say that b=
ecause the aftermarket wheels i.e. LAT 70 and others, use the hubs to cent=
er the wheels since the lugs are straight shanked nuts without taper. Hub =
centric is a n brainer. The wheel is made to fit the hub and the hub is a m=
achined part made to assure that the wheel is centered. The tapered lugs h=
ave a couple of purposes I suppose, one is that the lug centers the wheel m=
ounting hole on the studs and that the tapes is linger than a flat cut nut =
giving more gripping area and requiring more force to remove it due to meta=
l to metal friction as the clamping force applied ty the torque wrench bei=
ng used by the installer. Another think that comes to mind for me anyway, =
is that the studs and nuts are a bit finer thread that the regular coarse t=
hread s and they are =E2=80=9Cfine threads=E2=80=9D. With a taper, a single=
turn of the nut to loosen, will move the nut off the wheel a distance of =
the sine of the taper angle times the thread pitch distance. And for sure n=
o paint on the faying surfaces. The twist of the nut against the paint wil=
l most likely on the first torque down destroy that thin paint layer and it=
should be retorques a bit after it has run down the road. Tomorrow I wil=
l be removing the OEM beauty rings, hub caps, and wheels from my storage ar=
ea and moving them to another storage location in my shop so I will have am=
ple time to examine them since I have not looked at them since I put the LA=
T 70 ones on my car in 1968. Right now, I am thinking, and I may be wrong,=
but, the back side of my wheel are same color as the front side and not bl=
ack or any other color. When I am done with moving parts around, I will p=
ost any new info I glean to help muddy the water some more.
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> In any case, someone with an idea on how to post to the cat forums, l=
emme know=E2=80=A6
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> Drmayf
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> Aka Larry
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> TWFS: 204.913 mph flying mile on the salt
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> And 210.779 mph out the back door.
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> The dedicated race Car, not my Tiger, has been sold to another LSR r=
acer of sorts.
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Hi Mayf,
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Go to the forum you want to post in.
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Look at the upper right, button called "Post thread".. in brown/orange.
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Gary
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On 05/26/2022 4:53 PM Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">You know I have been a member of CAT continuousl=
y since 1974 and off and on between 1967 and 1974. Lotta years and subjects=
under the bridges.. I believe some of ya=E2=80=99ll are CAT members as wel=
l and I need some assistance with the forum on the CAT web site. I lo=
gged on using my official user name and pass word, updated just last year b=
ut I will be danged if I can where and how to post anything to any of the f=
orum areas. Any help out there?</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">This is just me thinking out loud now. Your, MMV=
, lol. And everything is subject to an 80 year old=E2=80=99s fogy memory. &=
nbsp;I still have my original steel wheels from when I purchased the car, a=
dmittedly used in Jan 1967 with 11K miles on it, and the wheels are what wa=
s on the car at that time. Oh< my Tiger is a MK I with last four numbers=
being 1136. So, I am guessing that they are OEM and specific to this=
car. They are of course the 13 inch, 4 lug wheels that use 7/16<sup>=
th</sup> inch studs and tapered shoulder nuts to keep them on the car=
. I had and had a notion that the wheels are NOT lug centric, but hub=
centric, to keeping them centered on the hubs. I say that because the afte=
rmarket wheels i.e. LAT 70 and others, use the hubs to center the whe=
els since the lugs are straight shanked nuts without taper. Hub centr=
ic is a n brainer. The wheel is made to fit the hub and the hub is a machin=
ed part made to assure that the wheel is centered. The tapered lugs h=
ave a couple of purposes I suppose, one is that the lug centers the wheel m=
ounting hole on the studs and that the tapes is linger than a flat cut nut =
giving more gripping area and requiring more force to remove it due to meta=
l to metal friction as the clamping force applied ty the torque wrench =
; being used by the installer. Another think that comes to mind for m=
e anyway, is that the studs and nuts are a bit finer thread that the regula=
r coarse thread s and they are =E2=80=9Cfine threads=E2=80=9D. With a taper=
, a single turn of the nut to loosen, will move the nut off the wheel a dis=
tance of the sine of the taper angle times the thread pitch distance.=
And for sure no paint on the faying surfaces. The twist of the nut a=
gainst the paint will most likely on the first torque down destroy that thi=
n paint layer and it should be retorques a bit after it has run down the ro=
ad. Tomorrow I will be removing the OEM beauty rings, hub caps,=
and wheels from my storage area and moving them to another storage locatio=
n in my shop so I will have ample time to examine them since I have not loo=
ked at them since I put the LAT 70 ones on my car in 1968. Right now,=
I am thinking, and I may be wrong, but, the back side of my wheel are same=
color as the front side and not black or any other color. When=
I am done with moving parts around, I will post any new info I glean  =
;to help muddy the water some more.</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">In any case, someone with an idea on how to post=
to the cat forums, lemme know=E2=80=A6</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Drmayf</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Aka Larry</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">TWFS: 204.913 mph flying mile on the salt</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">And 210.779 mph out the back door.</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">The dedicated race Car, not my Tiger, has =
been sold to another LSR racer of sorts.</p>
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