This wheel / knockoff was a flash back for me. Back in 68 I was leaving
high school in my 63 BJ8 when I lost a wheel. I was turning right on 236
from Heritage Dr and I notice a wheel that looked like mine rolling through
the intersection. Strange how for a split second you think it was not your
wheel. Back then the traffic in Annandale was not that heavy. I managed to
pull over and my buddy chased down the wheel. He, wrestling guy, lifted up
the left rear and I was able to put wheel back on. Why did it come off,
well, at the junk yard I found some knockoffs that where better than mine so
put a good looking right side on the left rear. I thought, age 17 remember,
that since I pounded them on so tight there was no way they would come off.
Grins, Norby
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Steve B. Gerow <steveg@abrazosdata.com>wrote:
> Should have been more clear: I don't let them tighten on their own. I
> tighten them up tight but don't obsess about them.
>
> When they're tight, take a Sharpie and draw an index mark across the joint
> between the knockoff and the wheel hub. After driving a bit you'll see - by
> the shifted mark - that the knockoff has tightened by itself.
>
> Quoting Dan:
> From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan@warner-associates.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] hubs .. splines - autotightening
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
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> I know a guy (no I will not say) who was checking his fuel pump on his BJ8
> (guess which wheel he had to take off) and then forgot to completely
> tighten
> the knock off (because he got distracted) and then remembered a couple of
> days later. When he checked the knock off it was only about the same hand
> tightness. Does not appear to be any damage to the splines, etc. I don't
> think it would be a good idea to just let these tighten up on their own.
> How tight should they be? What are Sharpie index marks?
> Dan
> BJ8
>
>
> --
> Steve Gerow
> BN6
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