Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) Roadster Wheel studs

Chaps, as an old git, I am finding it increasingly difficult to refit the wheels ( 5 stud alloy ) lining up the holes on my 3.7 roadster, I.ve just been chatting my neighbour who has a Porsche Spyder and he showed me some wheel aligning studs that he bought, you just screw one into the thread of the stud you have removed. My qustions are- does anyone know what the thread is on the roadster wheel studs and has anyone used them, I must admit to being a little unsure if removing one of the studs is a good idea.
Thank you

Not saying Morgan ones are but some wheel studs are screwed in then peened over at the back so beware.

Richard, thank you and anyonelse who reads the previous post, please ignore, silly old sod, I completely misunderstood that the Porsche set up, it has wheel bolts not back plate studs and nuts so what I was thinking of will not work, I will have to think of something else.

Hi Reg
I have a 4/4 with wire wheels these obviously have one large hole in the centre and are much easier to locate. I don't know whether these air wedges might help but I use them to lift household doors when trying to align the hinges with the hinge screw holes and for that they work very well. You can adjust the height of the door in quite fine increments. The pair I have were from Lidlels and as cheap as chips. You can get them if you do a search for Air Wedges on the internet. I am thinking, if you jack the wheel off the ground far enough to get one of these deflated wedges under the tyre and then pump it up to support the wheel weight while removing/replacing. Even these cheap ones have a maximum load of 135 kgs, which in real money is about 21 stone, so they should be capable . They are fairly cheap and might be worth a try.

Regards Tony

Certainly sounds like worth trying by those of us who haven't eaten our spinach. But thinking back to my A-Level Physics (in the "black & white era"), wouldn't it take a hurculean effort with the pumping hand to get to the necessary pressure to raise the wheel/tyre ??

Surprising no, I've used these to hang sold core fire doors weighing 60+ kg, easy peasy once the pouch is under you can even use your boot to pump it up leaving both hands free for alignment

I find with the 5 stud wheels the trick is to turn the hub so top stud is at 12 o'clock, rotate & line the wheel up to this whilst still on the floor - lift and pop on, usually works first time

Good tips, thanks !

I always carry two of them in my 4/4.

As lumbar support

Thanks for your help chaps, I shop in lidls every Tuesday so I will have a look this coming week.

And if that doesn’t work Reg you can always pop it in the back of your seat and use it as a lumbar support!

Sir P