Don't know the specifics of a Sprite but on my MGB I used two tapered
wedges, one each side of the half-shaft between hub and back-plate bolt, and
tapped each alternately until the hub popped off.
Reminds me of the Navy instruction regarding the storage of shells that had
to be stored upside down. The instruction concluded "The top shall be
marked 'Bottom' and the bottom marked 'Top'".
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Louis Mehr (EML) <Louis.Mehr@eml.ericsson.se>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 8:09 AM
Subject: RE: Interchanging left and right hand rear wire spoke wheel hubs.
>
>
> Hi MG World,
>
> I've just sold my project MGB after concluding it was going to take too
long to complete - only to find myself buying another project, this time an
Austin-Healey Sprite.
>
> Anyway, the most obvious problem, apart from the fact that a large part
of the car is contained in 3 cardboard boxes, is that the rear wire wheel
spinners seem to have been fitted on the wrong wheels i.e. the one marked
"Left" is on the right and vice-versa.
>
> There's no mention of how to remove the rear hubs in the Haynes Guide and
I haven't bought any other books yet.
>
> So my question is how do you remove and swap the hubs - do you need a
hub-puller tool ?
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>
>
> Thanks
>
> Louis Mehr
> Manchester
> England
> 1971 Austin Healey Sprite
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