[Mgs] wire wheels vs disks

Max Heim mvheim at sonic.net
Wed Jun 22 10:31:30 MDT 2022


Other than getting the bolts started, which is a terror, the front subframe swap is easy. You can even roll it on its wheels from one car to the other. You can roll the rear axle, too, so if you have 8 jack stands it is a pretty smooth operation.


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Max Heim
mvheim at sonic.net



> On Jun 22, 2022, at 9:27 AM, dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:
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> Thank you
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> From: Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Max Heim
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 11:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Mgs] wire wheels vs disks
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> Well, when I had that situation with two MGBs (I wanted to put the wire wheels on the car I was planning to restore, and swap the steel wheels to the car i would dispose of), I swapped the entire suspensions — the third member (rear axle) with leaf springs, and the front subframe with all suspension attached. You wouldn’t have to do the leafs — I happened to know which set was newer. Actually, in this case, the wire wheel suspension had been regularly maintained and had many new parts, and the steel wheel setup had been sitting untouched for possibly 30 years, so it was clear that I wanted all the other components along with the wire wheel hubs. If the situation regarding the condition of the parts had been different, I might have tried to do it piecemeal. But in my case the full swap was the easiest and best way.
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> On Jun 22, 2022, at 7:10 AM, dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com <mailto:dave at ranteer.com>> wrote:
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> I have 2 MGAs, 56 and 59.  I want to swap the axles? Because one is a disk car and one is a wire wheel car.
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> How hard is that?
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