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

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Fri Nov 12 15:43:22 MST 2010


As  I said rather badly before is that spinners screw on in the 
opposite direction to the forward rotation of the wheel


At 03:22 PM 11/12/2010, mgbob at juno.com wrote:
>    I expected that finding an unequivocal answer would be quick.  Not so.
>   Dayton's site says to hammer them on hard. Nothing about handing 
> of the thread.
>   Classic Motorsports magazine says to hammer gently, wheels off 
> ground, set on ground and tighten one spoke spacing. Nothing about handing.
>   GT40 site says Right side threads are left-handed; left side 
> threads are right-handed; tighten to the rear. Nothing about tightness.
>   Bob
>
>   ---------- Original Message ----------
>From: Barrie Robinson <barrie at look.ca>
>To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>,<mgs at autox.team.net>, 
><MG-MGB at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mgs] Sort-of off-topic, Lotus Elan wheel spinners
>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:29:39 -0500
>
>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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Barrie
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