[Tigers] wheel spacers and studs

Peter MacDonald macdonald49 at shaw.ca
Thu Feb 14 16:35:46 MST 2008


I believe the problem is the shape of the brake drum(dished) and the  
shape of the wheel-not the offset. My Cosmics are flat on the inside  
all the way from center to rim. If you torque them down the would  
distort without the spacer because they would only rest on the outer  
diameter of the drum. Some spoked wheels will rest flat against the  
centre part and are shaped enough to curve around the drum.

When I got my car it had numerous bent and broken wheel studs. I  
replaced them with slighter longer Rootes ones. I don't see the part#  
written in my book but I can check and see if I can find it. They  
came from another Rootes brand, not an Alpine or Tiger.

Peter


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