I've just received an email from Paddock Spares confirming they've changed my order from 36 spline to the 48-spline version of the Optimill Quick Release hub, thanks again Richard thumbs

For anyone looking for a compact quick release Moto Lita compatible steering wheel solution for their post December 2007 Morgan, the Optimill part number is: ORP37-48

The reason for my purchase was I'd recently bought a thick rim 13" Moto Lita steering wheel that’s dished rather than flat like Monty's original. Despite being 1" smaller in diameter which is helpful in itself, because the new wheel is dished it now sits a bit closer to me which makes the reach to the stalks a little further away, it also means ingress and egress is a bit tighter than I'd like, especially when Monty's roof is up.

I love the benefits of the slightly smaller 13” thick rim wheel, it gives me faster steering response, more room above my thighs, and is much nicer in the hand too so the thick rimmed 13” wheel stays for all these reasons. The solution to the downsides is of course a shorter hub, Moto Lita do offer one (part number B71J) as shown below, but I discovered I could go one better for more or less the same money.

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Rather than fitting the above B71J at a cost of £202.80 including free postage, I discovered could buy the following Optimill ORP37-48 quick release hub from Paddock Spares for £204.24 including shipping, to achieve this price I just needed to use their discount code WELCOME5.

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As we can see it comes in a black anodised finish not bare aluminium like the Moto Lita version, but I'm actually fine with that. However, before committing to the Optimill QR hub I did have a friend measure up his one on his Defender, this confirmed it would indeed bring Monty's new dished wheel right back to where the flat one was.

For a meagre amount more than the Moto Lita short hub I get one that achieves the exact same wheel repositioning objective as B71J, but also adds the very useful additional feature of an entirely removable steering wheel that will give me even easier ingress and egress, and a nice security feature too. In theory, the Optimill ORP37-48 quick release hub should be the perfect 'best of all worlds' partner to my excellent thick rimmed 13" Moto Lita dished wheel.

And for just £1.44 more, that all seems like an absolute no-brainer to me cloud9

Last edited by Montegue; 18/02/26 01:27 PM.