[TR] worn splines on wire wheels

[Tom Walling]

This is really an important safety issue. You don't want your wire wheels to be "free-wheeling" (slipping on the hubs) either when accelerating or especially when braking! I'm sure there is some normal wear on the splines even when properly tightened, but if there is any looseness there, the wear will be more pronounced. Keep the retainers tight and the splines greased and you should have no problems for many, many miles.

 

> On October 2, 2017 at 3:38 PM wbeech <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
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>     They make nice garden hose hangers.
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>     Bill
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>     From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Sujit Roy
>     Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 11:16 AM
>     To: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>     Subject: [TR] worn splines on wire wheels
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>     Going through my stash of wire wheels for my stag. Half of the splines on them are worn Do they wear with age or should I be tightening the octagon nut on a periodic basis? In some cases the splines on the hubs are worn too.
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>     Has anyone come up with anything useful for a unusable wire wheel. Or should they just go to the recycler? 
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>     Sujit
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>     Sujit Roy
>     Cupertino, California
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>     https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/
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