[Healeys] hubs .. splines - autotightening

[Chester Threedog]

This wheel / knockoff was a flash back for me.  Back in 68 I was leaving
high school in my 63 BJ8 when I lost a wheel.  I was turning right on 236
from Heritage Dr and I notice a wheel that looked like mine rolling through
the intersection.  Strange how for a split second you think it was not your
wheel.  Back then the traffic in Annandale was not that heavy.  I managed to
pull over and my buddy chased down the wheel.  He, wrestling guy, lifted up
the left rear and I was able to put wheel back on.  Why did it come off,
well, at the junk yard I found some knockoffs that where better than mine so
put a good looking right side on the left rear.  I thought, age 17 remember,
that since I pounded them on so tight there was no way they would come off.


Grins, Norby

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Steve B. Gerow <steveg at abrazosdata.com>wrote:

> Should have been more clear: I don't let them tighten on their own. I
> tighten them up tight but don't obsess about them.
>
> When they're tight, take a Sharpie and draw an index mark across the joint
> between the knockoff and the wheel hub. After driving a bit you'll see - by
> the shifted mark - that the knockoff has tightened by itself.
>
> Quoting Dan:
> From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan at warner-associates.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] hubs .. splines - autotightening
> To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
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> I know a guy (no I will not say) who was checking his fuel pump on his BJ8
> (guess which wheel he had to take off) and then forgot to completely
> tighten
> the knock off (because he got distracted) and then remembered a couple of
> days later.  When he checked the knock off it was only about the same hand
> tightness.  Does not appear to be any damage to the splines, etc.  I don't
> think it would be a good idea to just let these tighten up on their own.
> How tight should they be?  What are Sharpie index marks?
> Dan
> BJ8
>
>
> --
> Steve Gerow
> BN6
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