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Re: Knock-off hubs revisited

To: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
Subject: Re: Knock-off hubs revisited
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 09:19:17 pdt
> From: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
> Subject: Knock-off hubs revisited
> To: british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu
> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 9:52:40 CDT
> 
> Roland writes >
> 
> >On my snake both right-side hubs have left-hand threads.  I assume
> >that's standard for Brit car knock-offs.
> 
> Yes and no.
> 
> That is standard for the Rudge system of splined hubs commonly used on wire 
> wheels on AC, Jaguar, MG, Triumph and the like.
> 
> The threads on pin-drive knock-offs seem to run the other way.  Lotus Elan is 
> an example of this, and I would not be surprised if the steel-wheel MGA Twin 
> Cam was the same way.

Hmmm.  I've noticed that the knock-off for the pin-drive Halibrands on
Cobras are saftey-wired.  

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