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Re: Wheel Balance

To: Rick Morrison <gofastmg@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Wheel Balance
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:04:02 +0000
Rick Morrison wrote:
> 
> Paul,
>  I ran into this little tip in a magazine article several months ago
> (sorry, I can't for the life of me remember what mag.) about the various
> wheels on MG's
>  The author when discussing the V-8 style wheels, made mention of the
> symptoms you describe. His solution was as follows:
>  When re installing the V-8 (alloy) wheels, start two Rostyle wheel nuts
> on opposite studs. Tighten just enough for  the taper to align the wheel
> holes to the studs, but not enough to damage the hole edge. Then start
> and tighten, on the other two studs, the V-8 wheel nuts. Remove the
> Rostyle nuts and replace with the V-8 nuts.

Ross, that's a brilliant tip, thanks a bunch.  I still have Rostyle nuts from 
when I 
converted the roadster to chrome wires.

Thanks agsin,
PaulH.



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