[Healeys] Wire wheel hubs - how?

[Peter Schauss]

Gergo,

The wire wheel hubs are supposed to be supported by the conical mating
surfaces.

The fit of the splines should be tight enough that you feel some
suction when you remove the wheel.  The
accepted way to check for worn splines is to see if the top edges of
the splines are rounded.  If they are, they
are OK.  If they are sharp or, worse yet, have a profile sharp and
bent over like a breaking wave, they are worn.

HTH,
Peter Schauss
1963 BJ7
1980 MGB

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Austin Healey <pajtamuvek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just been wondering how the wire wheel hubs work.
> Do they rely on the conical mating surfaces or the splines alone? If only
> the splines hold, how much movement is acceptable?
>
> Gergo