[TR] thanks all

[Joe Curry]

Jim,
If they are alloy wheels, particularly very light ones, chances are they are
bent.

The lighter the wheels, the softer the alloy; and therefore the more easily
they are bent.  

I had a set of Keiser wheels that I used for autocross and they could not be
mounted on any by a few special machines because most exert too much
pressure on the back side of the wheel to counter the breaking force that
dislodges the tire bead from the rim.

But on the positive side, there are places that specialize in straightening
such rims.

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Muller
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:49 PM
To: triumphs
Subject: [TR] thanks all

...for the tire advice.  One thing some of you wouldn't know about 
this car is that it has Cosmic MkII wheels from a Lotus Europa.  If 
they are bent, I would expect themto be broken too!  But I will 
check.  Soon as I get a round tuit I'll spin them on the car to check 
for runout at least.  I s'pect I'll end up buying one or more new 
ones.

Thanks again,

Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
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