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Can anyone confirm that the rear axle housing used on wire wheel Healeys is narrower than the housing used on steel disc wheel cars?
A member of our local AHOC is restoring an ex-USA 100-6 which was originally fitted with disc wheels. He has fitted wire wheels but now the rear tyres protrude beyond the wheel arch. He does not accept my advice that he needs to swap the axle for a "wire wheel" axle.
My memory may be failing, but I know this is necessary because in the early seventies, a few Healey owners despaired of problems related to aging wire wheels and converted their cars to steel discs.
I recall that the 'wire wheel' axle tube was about 1.5" shorter than the 'disc wheel' axle to allow for the bolt-on hub extensions for the wire spoked wheels, thus bringing the track dimension back to the same as the steel disc wheels.
Looking forward to any comments
A member of our local AHOC is restoring an ex-USA 100-6 which was originally fitted with disc wheels. He has fitted wire wheels but now the rear tyres protrude beyond the wheel arch. He does not accept my advice that he needs to swap the axle for a "wire wheel" axle.
My memory may be failing, but I know this is necessary because in the early seventies, a few Healey owners despaired of problems related to aging wire wheels and converted their cars to steel discs.
I recall that the 'wire wheel' axle tube was about 1.5" shorter than the 'disc wheel' axle to allow for the bolt-on hub extensions for the wire spoked wheels, thus bringing the track dimension back to the same as the steel disc wheels.
Looking forward to any comments