[Healeys] Wire wheel hubs - how?

[Michael Oritt]

A friend of mine, Tivvy Shenton, has been racing a wire-wheel equipped
Jaguar XK 140 for a number of years. He is also an experienced mechanic and
does  race support for a number of vintage drivers.  Before every session he
whacks the hell out of his knock-off's with a very large brass hammer.  He
must know something....

Best--Michael Oritt
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On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:

> I 2nd Greg's comments.
>
>
> ---- Greg Lemon <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> Alright, I have tried to resist, but can't help myself here, nothing
> against
> you finger tight guys, but I have always wacked my knock ons tight with a
> copper or lead hammer, I understand the theory of self tightening, it
> probably works to some extent, but I have a number of thoughts about it:
>
> 1.  If you want it tight why not do it yourself instead of trusting the
> self
> tightening theory.
>
> 2.  I have purchased several cars with very worn out wheels and hubs, if
> self tightening works so well I would think they would tighten themselves
> to
> the point where they did not rock back and forth and wear out the splines,
> if they torque themselves to ideal torque why do they wear out?.
>
> 3.  Once I have replaced bad wheels and hubs and used my practice of
> whacking them on good I have had no wear or problems with my hubs or
> splines.
>
> Greg Lemon
> Happy Whacker since 1983
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