Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Removing Spinners

Hi This is my first car with wire wheels.Decided to remove wheels for greasing front end.First spinner no problem but the second one I cannot budge with the piece of wood and mallet.
Is the only way the purchasing the tool off the M.G site.
Also how tight should they gone back on.
Andrew

I have always used a big copper mallet directly on my twin-eared spinners, that's exactly why they were introduced a century or more ago.

I've never believed that a car should be kept in perfect condition, a car is a machine to be enjoyed and used, proudly wearing the patina of its life as evidence. Especially in this day and age, it won't be long before they can't be used wherever we want, we won't be able to afford the petrol, and they won't be worth anything if we want to sell them. Let's just crack on and rag them.

Oh, I actually like the consternation on the faces of bystanders when I wield the lead mallet .... lets me feel a connection to the intrepid automobilists of yore ... and appeases my inner Mr Toad! 🙂

K

There are some alternatives - at a price.

https://www.tonythompsonracing.co.uk/parts/models/47/26r-protects-spinner/

https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-AHH5839WX

https://knockoffspinnertool.com/

https://kelvedonlotus.co.uk/product/wheel-spinner-tool-including-socket-octagonal-nut/

Impossible to measure, but capable of estimation. A 1kg hammer moving at 10m/sec hitting with an impact sufficient to move the spinner 10mm (or .01m) will have KE of 500J so applying 50 Newtons at say .1m from the centre of the wheel indicates an applied torque of 5Nm. As the spinner gets tighter the movement becomes less, increasing the applied torque.

A final blow which moves the spinner just 1mm would give a torque of 50nm.

Actual hammer blows in the real world are likely to be considerably less energetic, more in the region of 3m/sec at a guess, and nobody continues to smack away at a spinner once it's tight and no longer moving.

I've had my car 26 years, it's done just over 130k miles and the wheel splines are in fine condition so I'm perfectly happy with my technique.