[Spridgets] Converting TO wire wheels?

[Neil Anderson]

Ron,
The knock-off wheel splined hub that is pressed onto the half shaft is
bolted to the bearing hub carrier with the studs.  See photos.  I know the
list will strip the photos from my post.

Neil Anderson


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Would a knock off wheel have studs? Pretty sure mine don't.
>
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> On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Neil Anderson <neilandcustom at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I remember someone asking the question a few years ago "what is the
> > difference between the disk wheel rear bearing hubs and the wire wheel
> > ones?"  I think Frank answered that the wire wheel hubs have longer
> studs.
> >
> > Can someone verify that?
> >
> > Neil Anderson
> > Northern Illinois
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Bob Spruck <mgmaven at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/30/2014 12:33 PM, Peter Caldwell wrote:
> >>> Any source or list of the parts required?   Subject car is a 77.
> >>>
> >>> TIA
> >>>   Peter C
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> >> Peter:
> >>
> >> I am currently converting my '72 RWA Midget from wire wheels to disc
> >> wheels. Wire wheels have gotten awfully expensive lately and all of mine
> >> are out of true due to using a local shop that didn't know how to mount
> >> and balance tires on WWs. I don't want to have a problem in the future
> >> with flats, balancing, replacing tires, etc onto wire wheels if I can't
> >> find anybody local who knows what they are doing. I have a set of
> >> Minators I used with rain tires on my '67 vintage race car and decided
> >> to no longer race in the rain, so they became available.
> >>
> >> On the front, you will need different hubs and brake discs. The stub
> >> axles, dust covers and calipers are the same.
> >>
> >> On the rear the wire wheel diff assy is 1" narrower than the disc wheel
> >> diff assy. From the brake backing plates outward, they are the same.
> >> Even the rear hubs are the same. Of course, you will need different
> >> axles. The rods that work the hand brake are also different because of
> >> the shorter diff assy. I have the dimensions of the diff assy and the
> >> hand brake rods if you need them.
> >>
> >> A recent thread I started resulted in recommendations to torque the rear
> >> hub nuts to 130 lb ft and use red Locktite. Most also recommended not
> >> using the tab washer but I plan to use one just to give the nut a good
> >> contact surface on the bearing face (130 lb/ft is a lot of lb/ft) but
> >> rely on the Locktite instead of bending it over a nut flat. I think
> >> that's why it came loose on the race car at the last race and broke the
> >> axle at the flange end.
> >>
> >> If you need any parts, I now have a whole set of wire wheel stuff I
> >> don't need.
> >>
> >> Bob Spruck
> >> Sharpsburg, GA
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