[TR] shaking TR3

[dkspence at telus.net (Don)]

Geo
  well the forces would be the same they would be working on a smaller  
surface (fewer threads) thus in effect multiplying the force per unit  
of surface area thus being more likely to fail.  Even if all 4 did  
fail the nuts and stripped threads would be held captive but the wheel  
and splined hub would "leave the building".




On 17-Jun-11, at 7:46 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> I have also wondered this -- when I think about the short stud and
> double-bevel nut that secure the wire wheel splined adaptor it seems  
> (to my
> engineering-ignorant mind) that the forces at work would be  
> comparable to
> those in play if the same stud & nut were holding a steel wheel in  
> place.
>
> The only difference I can see is that one bevel nut cannot easily  
> loosen
> when the wire wheel is mounted as the hub of the wheel sort of  
> captures the
> nut limiting how much a single nut could undo.
>
> I, too, offer the 'use only as directed / don't try this at home /  
> YMMV
> disclaimer.
>
> G