[Spridgets] Front disk brake wire wheel question

Robert Duquette robertduquette at sympatico.ca
Fri Jun 20 11:57:36 MDT 2008


There's a line drawing visual here:
http://www.britishwirewheel.com/faq.htm


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Or no front wheels!

Clay L.
'67 Sprite


-- CosmicMag1380 <cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com> wrote:
Sounds like the splines are shot! Check it carefully before driving it...
You may end up with no brakes on the front if the splines don't hold.

--
Kent
1960 Bugeye
1973 Midget - donor card signed in front of a notary!

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Rick Sorak <htpc2 at comcast.net> wrote:

 >
 > Pertaining to a '65 Midget w/ wire wheels
 >
 > Question, got out the Haynes manual but it was no help.... I noticed when 
I
 > had the front end jacked up the other day that I the front wheel could
 > rotate a small distance w/o the brake disk moving....
 >
 > What is the source of the play between the disk and the wire wheel
 > splines....What do I need to do to eliminate this play?


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