John
Are you sure you have the adaptors on the correct side of the car. If
yes, they will self tighten. If not, they will loosen with use. A
side light of this is never tow a WW car backwards! The wheels will
fall off.
Don
On Saturday, June 17, 2006, at 06:27 AM, Triumphs@Autox.team.net daily
digest wrote:
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:36:47 -0400
> From: John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net>
> Subject: [TR] Play in wire wheels
>
> I've noticed that there is some play in my wire wheels when jacked
> off the ground. I can wiggle the tire back and forth, but neither the
> discs on the front nor the drums on the back move with the wheel. The
> bearings are all tight and new hubs on the rears. This happens at all
> 4
> wheels. Everything is nice and tight when I first put the wheel on and
> tighten the knock-off with the wheels in the air and nothing wobbles. I
> drive it a few miles, then re-check, and I can feel the play again.
> The
> wheels are Dayton's and the adapters and wheels have less than 250
> miles
> on them. I do note some scarring on the taper area of the adapters,
> almost like metal transferred from the wheel to the adapter(maybe some
> of the chrome plate from the wheels), even though everything was coated
> with anti-seize. I even tried a different set of Knock-offs which
> didn't
> help. Any Ideas. Should I start by replacing the adapters. The car
> drives fine, with no shaking, even at high speed. Any help would be
> appreciated. John Mitchell 76 TR6
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