Carledo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:32 pm
1) get SWMBO to stomp on the brakes while you do it 2)Yes it's BFMI, but this sort of thing is where a "windy" gun (or it's battery/electric equivalent) REALLY comes in useful! I've found from experimenting that an average windy gun at full chat, tightens to 160 lb/ft but most have 5 or so levels of output below that so you CAN get more like the right tightening torque rather than just snapping the studs!
1) The method used yesterday.
2) One of the problems with the hub adapters for the Dunlop 466 wheels that I have is that even a slimline 11/16ths AF socket don't fit the nuts, nor does a 17mm AF socket fit 17mm x 3/8ths UNF b'stard sized nuts. So it's an open-ender and reasonable (ha!) force of arms only.
If I had a lathe, I just might be able to turn an 11/16ths slimline down further enough, it's the last 12mm or so that needs it. But I ain't doing that with an angle grinder like I did to make a 7/16 socket fit the dizzy screws. The other options I've been thinking of, but it ain't cheap, is to get 16 of them 60 degree taper crimped thread, very tight fit nuts (I'm sure there's a makers/inventors name for them, but I can't remember it), and run a tap down to correct for at least some of the crimping. They come in 9/16th AF 3/8 UNF format, and a 9/16ths socket will fit. The other option is to get 9/16ths or 5/8ths AF x 3/8 UNF nuts and increase the taper on them a bit. But, again, it ain't a cheap one. I have a suspicion that nylock nuts put on back to front might work, but
I don't have the guts to try it. Maybe if it was one of them it's this or walk, and like one per wheel situations.
Carledo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:32 pm
I too have run wires on Heralds and Spitfires and these nuts DO seem to have a propensity for coming undone over time! It's just ONE of the prices you pay for the "OoooH, PRETTY!" effect that wires have on an audience! Some of the others include (but not limited to) spline wear, constantly going out of balance, nut damage from not having the right hammer in the boot when you get a flat, et boring cetera!
Steve
Oh they do look so good, even in silver hammerite. And at least I got a set of octagonal nuts and a couple of the ring spanner tools - so it's the spanner that takes the damage. BTW, there're the good octagonal nuts without the offensive letters on them.
Graham
The 16v Slant 4 engine is more fun than the 3.5 V8, because you mostly drive it on the upslope of the torque curve.
Factory 1977 TR7 Sprint FHC VVC 697S (Now all of, but still needs putting together)
B&Y 73 Dolomite Sprint UVB 274M (kids!)
1970 Maroon 13/60 Herald Convertable (wife's fun car).
