[TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.

[George Richardson]

I had this happen two years ago with the driver side rear wheel. The 
nuts were captured inside the wire wheel hub, so I was able to just bolt 
it back on and continue. I'm just now getting around to repainting the 
rear fender after repairing it.

George Richardson
Key Men - Keys for Classics
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1957 Triumph TR3
1961 Jaguar Mark 2
1975 Triumph TR6
1997 Land Rover Discovery

On 8/21/2017 9:25 AM, Angelo Graham wrote:
> Hello List:
>
> Just wanted to comment on a very frightening experience we had on 
> Sunday while driving our TR2 to a show in a neighbouring town. While 
> just accelerating after leaving a small village, big bang an commotion 
> from the left front of the car, and the wheel came tumbling off! Must 
> say the car behaved well - at about 45 mph. Kept straight when it hit 
> the road and I managed to get it to the shoulder as the disc ploughed 
> a deep furrow in the gravel. Fortunately, no traffic coming in the 
> opposite direction as the wheel was flopping about it the oncoming 
> lane. Some kind motorists stopped to help and they retrieved my wheel 
> with knock-off still firmly in place.
>
> Looked at the damage and the front fender had peeled back and the hub 
> was clearly visible. All the adapter nuts had backed off the studs and 
> the adapter was still lodged in the wheel with the nuts loose between 
> the wheel hub and adapter. Wow! not sure what happened here. I had 
> changed knock-offs a couple of weeks ago and did not find anything 
> amiss at that time, though I did not check the tightness of the nuts.
>
> Clearly a case of needing to do more routine checking - especially 
> when it comes to wheels. Can't figure out why the nuts backed off - I 
> think Loctite would be a good idea here.
>
> Fortunately, no one was injured and we did not cause any further 
> mayhem with our wayward wheel - could have been catastrophic. Bad 
> thing is my wife is now a bit gun-shy when it comes to getting back 
> into the TR. She was already nervous when looking into the wheels of 
> the Ram pick-up in the adjacent lane, but trying to convince her that 
> the TR is "safe" is going to be another matter.
>
> Thanks for your indulgence.
>
> Angelo Graham - TR2
>
>
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