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1. TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 21:31:19 EDT; Has anyone recently converted a TR-3 with disk wheels to wire wheels? I am trying to get a handle on what the costs might be and just how much of the wheel/axle assembly whould have to be replaced. A; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00538.html (7,261 bytes)
2. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 10:27:55 -0400; The conversion from "disk" or steel wheels to wire wheels on a TR-3 is fairly simple. The wheel adapters just bolt onto the wheel studs, and the wire wheels slide on. At the most, you will need to s; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00562.html (7,829 bytes)
3. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 07:27:48 -0700; Jack It is best to start out with new Dayton brand wire wheels, and new hubs and new lug nuts. I started out with "good condition" used that gave me nothing but problems. The splines wear if the knoc; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00572.html (8,639 bytes)
4. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:51:07 -0400; << Using a lead hammer, not copper, pound the living daylights out of the knockoff untill it refuses to turn any more. >> NO! NO! definitely not the way to do it. This is not necessary and can result; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00614.html (8,378 bytes)
5. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 07:52:30 -0700; Is that why the splines stripped on my MGBGT about 3 months after I purchased it? The knockoffs were on the correct side but they were loose. They didn't self tighten. There is not enough leverage on; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00625.html (8,938 bytes)
6. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:08:27 +0400 (EDT); Before this debate overheats, I'd like to raise a question relative to the original thread: My question? Did the early (Lockheed brakes) TRs use the same sort of adaptor for wire wheels, or did they; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00630.html (9,293 bytes)
7. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:04:32 -0700; Because centrifugal force acts radially, it will NOT tighten the nuts as you roll. I remember reading a long series of correspondence on this subject in an English engineering magazine, I believe, in; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00641.html (10,549 bytes)
8. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:10:59 -0400; << Is that why the splines stripped on my MGBGT about 3 months after I purchased it? The knockoffs were on the correct side but they were loose. They didn't self tighten. There is not enough leverage; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00642.html (8,706 bytes)
9. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 17:40:22 -0400; Fellow Motorheads, This is a `heads up' to all who wish to convert from disc to wire wheels: The big difference is, with discs, you do the final tightening of the nuts after the car is down off the j; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00653.html (7,889 bytes)
10. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 22:33:21 EDT; On Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:04:32 -0700 Michael Marr <mmarr@execpc.com> It seem that I have opened up a can of worms; and a rather spirited discussion. My personal feeling, as an engineer, is that the kno; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00668.html (11,654 bytes)
11. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 07:21:47 -0700; You can not completely tighten the front knockoffs with the wheel off the geround unless you have someone inside holding the brakes. Also, in the rear the force of the pounding gets transmitter along; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00681.html (8,927 bytes)
12. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 11:14:17 -0400; << ) I replaced the original hubs and wire wheels on my car 3 years ago. Before I did it I did much research and found several articles relating to the physics of wire wheels. The articles described; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00685.html (9,311 bytes)
13. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 14:58:15 -0700; I looked at my TR3 today, and interestingly enought, the nuts are designed to tighten under acceleration torque, not braking. The designers must have felt we TR nuts (if you'll pardon the pun) were m; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00688.html (8,717 bytes)
14. Re: TR-3 Wire Wheel conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 22:22:59 EDT; Art, I think we are all very close on what needs to be done to get the wire wheels back on the car. The basic difference in what I have heard, and I am a new-bee trying to learn how to do the wire wh; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00691.html (11,433 bytes)

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