[TR] wire wheels

[TERRY SMITH]

Just a word of caution, FWIW and all that.  In 1979 as a youth I spent the night alongside the road exactly under Mount Rainier in Washington State.  Why?  Had a flat tire and wire wheels with octagonal knockoffs.  I'd recently had new tires put on and chose this moment to determine--whoops--the tire shop had put the knockoffs on so tight, my knockoff wrench couldn't budget them loose so I could change the tire.  Hence rather than hitchhike at night, I slept roadside and did that in the morning.  Nice man stopped, took me to town, got what I needed, brought me back.  I like the two-eared knockoffs since.  ...My next adventure driving that MGB crosscountry was stopping in Montana and taking a shower at a campground without asking.  But that's another story (and I was young and stooopid at the time....)


Terry Smith  '59 TR3A  TS 58667

New Hampshire, where it snowed yesterday!  GAAAHHH!

> On November 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Not sure what tool you have in mind - but this is what I use on my E-Type wires:
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>     [Inline image 1]
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>     [Inline image 2]
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>     But those are very tight & hard to remove.  The TR wires come off so easily with just a few whacks of the 6 lbs hammer that I never considered anything else.
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>     Geo
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>     On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:49 AM, dave <dave at ranteer.com mailto:dave at ranteer.com > wrote:
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> >         Since I have an impact wrench, and most of what I do with getting wheels on and off is garage centered, should I get a socket for the center nuts?  Racing teams use that, and well, that just looks pretty cool!
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> >         Any reason not to other than I’ll make a mess if I’m not careful about checking which way the impact wrench is turning?
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> >         Anyone know where to get one?
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> >          
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> >         Thanks!
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