Or go to larger studs (generally a good idea for competition) on your
car all around. This is rather a big job, since you have to drill out
the
axle half-shafts to slide over the larger stud. Those half shaft hats
are
made of pure drillbreakium. Plan on eating a 7/16 bit per half shaft.
The fronts are rather easier to re-stud with 7/16 studs. I did the whole
car after shearing off a set of 3/8" studs and dragging into the
pits on 3 wheels.
JZ
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pasgeirsson@juno.com [SMTP:pasgeirsson@juno.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 8:48 PM
>To: dannyr@flint.umich.edu
>Cc: ckotting@iwaynet.net; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject: Re: Wheels.
>
>Hi Danny,
>
>The Vega wheels are indeed the same 4 on 4 bolt pattern. They work great
>on the Morrises. But they have a lot of space in their wheel wells. The
>Vega wheels have a lot of offset and may not fit on Spridgets RWA or any.
> The rims come in both 5" and 6". To fit, they need the centers opened
>up a little to clear the front hub centers and the rear axle cap. The
>lug holes are larger than 3/8" so you need to use the lug nut as the
>centering device on each stud.
>
>On a Morris they look like the old EZ Clean wheels of the late 30's on
>the Morris 8's.
>
>Paul
>
>PAsgeirsson@juno.com
>
>On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 22:59:59 +0000 "Danny Rendleman"
><dannyr@flint.umich.edu> writes:
>>Speaking of wheels, again: sometime back, I believe, someone offered
>>the idea of using Vega wheels on a Midget. Is that a real option?
>>And if so, can one use the Vega size tires as well? We're talking
>>RWA midgets. I'm not exactly ready to do so, but I have fond
>>memories of my Vega's wheels and tires and the idea of combining that
>>old car with my Little Guy is tempting. I seem to recall some
>>problems with the lug nut threads?
>>
>>Danny
>>74 Midget
>>GAN5UE153226G
>>
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