[Healeys] Non Healey - Dunlop 16" 54 spoke wheels

[Jonas Payne]

Called on that one today - they list it, but per "Bill" apparently it isn't
really there.

Bummer........


Jonas Payne
PBR
Cell:   (702) 358-5084


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:12 PM
To: Jonas Payne
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net; healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Non Healey - Dunlop 16" 54 spoke wheels

Jonas -

I quick check of XKS Unlimited online shows that they have this spoke, in
stock, for $2.  Part no 17-0200:

https://www.xksunlimited.com/xks/merchant.ihtml?id=319&step=2

I buy from XKs for my Mk IX all the time, very good supplier.

Note that if your wheel had the proper rubber spoke retaining band, you
probably would not have had a puncture on the road.  I highly recommend that
you fit a band, or at the very least run a few wraps of wide electrical tape
over the spoke ends in the rim, to prevent a disaster when you are cracking
the ton.

Cheers,

Alan


On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Jonas Payne <JPayne at thorcon.net> wrote:
> While out on a spirited jaunt in my 61 Jag XK 150 last weekend we lost
> one of the short spokes on the 16" 54 spoke Dunlops.  The chain
> reaction destroyed the tube and gutted the sidewall of the tire.
>
> Luckily the thing didn't blow out, but survived to go flat in my
> driveway, so apparently it didn't happen while cracking the ton on the
> freeway on the way home from my office.
>
> I have been informed by several suppliers that a replacement spoke,
> which is valued at $2.00 in the XK's Unlimited catalog is now made of
> "unobtanium".
>
> The car is now laid up for an indeterminate period of time (The
> original
> 50 year old spare and wheel are not roadworthy) waiting for either a
> $2.00 replacement spoke, or $2K in new 60 spoke Dunlops, as the 54
> spoke units are no longer made.
>
> If anybody knows of a source for such a spoke (or handful thereof) -
> I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Jonas Payne
> PBR
> Cell:   (702) 358-5084