[Mgs] Sort-of off-topic, Lotus Elan wheel spinners

[Barrie Robinson]

Paul,

I never remember but there is an easy way to know.  The spinners must 
be always tightened yes?  So when the wheel turns it must be to 
tighten them.   So look at which way the wheel goes (when car is 
going forward) and thus spinner must turn in opposite direction to 
tighten. Catching ears and braking sound like urban legends !!


At 11:59 AM 11/12/2010, Paul Hunt wrote:
>Anyone know which side have left-hand threads and which right-hand?  Watching
>Wheeler Dealers this week Edd China definitely had the left-hand thread on the
>left-hand side.  That to me is wrong, if the 'ears' of the spinner catch on
>anything it is going to tend to undo them, and is opposite to how they are on
>my MGB.  Ironically, the first Elan forum I looked at had a couple of examples
>of wheels coming loose, one person putting it down to having accelerated
>harder than he braked!
>
>PaulH.
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Regards

Barrie
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