I know not whether the splines on Morgan wheels are parallel or tapered, if parallel then applying more pressure than required to retain the wheel into the mating of hub to shaft would seem likely to cause damage to both the spinner it`s self and it`s seating in the wheel..?
Tapered. Morgans use 42mm (Type 42) hubs and wheels to match, measured across the outside of the splines. Alloy centre-locks have been used in non- wire wheel versions on Aeros and Plus 8s they caused sadness
as explained earlier.
I have never heard of a over torqued tapered wire wheel..but I guess it can happen. When torquing to Enzo's recommended figure, it would be hard for an owner to get higher.
Just thinking in type, more than happy to be corrected...
A good correction is the most common way to learn for me now. Learning at our age is certainly more important than gotcha.
Lorne
Gomog, thanks for the heads up on the drive splines being tapered, which seems a better design than parallel splines, with the chance that perhaps spline wear could in time be compensated for, assuming there was no stop built in to the wheel hub to drive shaft fit, other than being limited by the spacer.
I had not taken time to read through the thread but was attracted to respond by the comment on a knock being heard/felt as drive was initially taken up, perhaps more so when changing fwd/rev direction of travel.. Any such knock being an initial warning that there is a possible issue developing and in need of resolution, and ideally some understanding as to how it came about..
As for over-torquing wheel spinners.... Hmm.. ? I suspect had you seen the the state of the dog eared spinners on my old Lotus wheels you might think a bit of excessive force had been applied...The 4lb mash hammer in the boot and the cracks in the steel wheels when I bought the Elan, kinda hinted that there might be problems ahead... ? (-:
As for learning at our age...Hmm..? Trying to remember that which I have learned, is more the issue now... Shrug.
