Yea, what he said.
My '72 Elan was originally equipped with post '68 "Nader Nuts"
for the knock-on wheels - large (about 2 1/2 inch) hex nuts for
the knock on wheels. There were two versions of tools to use
on the nuts - a chunk of flat metal that had a hex opening and
one "wing" to hit with the hammer (kind of simulates the
knock-on spinners). Or my two foot long wrench made out of
about 1 inch square tubing welded to the above "wing" tool.
The wrench is a pain. It has to be so long because you have
to apply about 200 ft-lbs of torque to the "Nader Nut", and
it's sized so that a 100 pound female could stand on the end
of the wrench to properly tighten the wheel...
On my car, the Nader Nuts have been replaced with a factory
original pre-68 knock-on spinners and a hammer.
By the way, they are called "Nader Nuts" in honor <?> of
the safety zealots that required the elimination of the spinners
(starting in '68) as a safety hazard to pedestrians (as if
getting hit by the car wasn't enough?). The funny thing is
that it's perfectly legal to add big old fake wire-wheel
hubcaps the *really* stick out, but function knock-off
spinners are illegal... 8-(
Tim Mullen
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kantarjiev [mailto:cak@dimebank.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:26 PM
To: keithka@microsoft.com; msloane@att.net
Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Under the hood temperature
> So why didn't knock off nuts have flats for a wrench to go on them?
Because a suitably long wrench wouldn't fit in the boot of a British
sports car.
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