• Hi Guest!
    If you appreciate British Car Forum and our 25 years of supporting British car enthusiasts with technical and anicdotal information, collected from our thousands of great members, please support us with a low-cost subscription. You can become a supporting member for less than the dues of most car clubs.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

VTO wheel fit issues, help Hap!

Share this page

bugedd

bugedd

Jedi Knight
Country flag
Offline

This is on my 1960 BE. As you can see, I already ground the nut down. These wheels are supposed to fit. What can I do?
 
Alright, the pic did not uplead. How can I load a pic with the image uploader, it asks for its URL, not a typical browse feature to upload from the PC
 
Gesh, wonder if others are haveing the same prob or more likely what parts were used when the BE was converted to disc brakes. Supose that is the BE drum stearing arm and not the disk brake one. I would have to go measure but I seem to remember a difference.
 
I had a set of mini-light type wheels with a similar clearance issues. I was able to get clearance by grinding down the stud and using a nyloc that itself had the corner filed off.

A better answer would be a set of 14" alloys with the proper offset.
 
How thick is that washer under the nut? It may be superfluous.
 
I have the wheel on now without the castle nut, and it has clearance. So the question is can I find a jam nut that is small enough to clear the wheel.
Obviously going 14" would solve it, but with new tires from Tire Rack and the wheels, it would be too much of a pain to return it.

As for the steering arm, can the disc arms be taken off and swap for the drum? Or I was thinking of cutting a 1/4" out of the length.
 
I have the same wheels and disc brakes on my car. There isn't enough clearance to even put "tape on weights" on the inside of the rim there. They're only about 1/8" thick. But there IS clearance. I'm thinking your steering arm is either bent, or too long.


I went down and looked at mine just now. I'm leaning toward too long, as my tie rod end is straight down from the steering arm, not angled away back toward the center of the car.
 
Trevor Jessie said:
I had a set of mini-light type wheels with a similar clearance issues. I was able to get clearance by grinding down the stud and using a nyloc that itself had the corner filed off.

A better answer would be a set of 14" alloys with the proper offset.
Click to expand...

Same here, grinder fixed it.
 
Like I alluded to above, I am just sure that those are drum brake stearing arms.

Some one with both handy needs to measure them.

Drum brake stearing arms do not go on disc breaks, there is the proof. Yea I know they are both closeish fits even from the factory, but not that close.
 
Pythias said:
I have the same wheels and disc brakes on my car. There isn't enough clearance to even put "tape on weights" on the inside of the rim there. They're only about 1/8" thick. But there IS clearance. I'm thinking your steering arm is either bent, or too long.


I went down and looked at mine just now. I'm leaning toward too long, as my tie rod end is straight down from the steering arm, not angled away back toward the center of the car.
Click to expand...

Yep, while this is close clearence on Spridgets, we knew we had clearence thru test fitting, and it was better than the Superlite product, and it common with Midgets with 13" and MGB with 14" to have to move the tape on weight inboard. I too believe you have a steering arm issue, if not we heard more about this and they would not have passed the test fit procedure. I may have some disc brake steering arms, you can have them for shipping if you like, but it will be late next week before I can get them off and send them to you.
 
Hap,

If you have those steering arms, I'll definately take them. Just let me know how much shipping to send you. If someone out there has a measurement on the disc arms so I can measure mine, I'd appreciate it. Just to make sure that is the issue. But considering the previous owner and his thoroughness in hackwork, I am sure they are the drum brake arms.

I guess that adds a question though. If the wheels were test fit on Bugeye's with drum brakes and they cleared, then why wont they fit? It would make more sense that they are disc brake arms on the car, which may be longer than drum, therefore causing the fit issues.

Either way, a measurement on both should solve this.

Thanks!
 
Smaller nylocks and thin washers got me the clearance I needed. I'll take some pics tomorrow, the car is now a roach with nice wheels and nice seats :smile:
 
I rolled the car out of the garage to take some pics today with the new wheels :smile:

P1010967.jpg
 
Looks good!
 
Limesicle?
 
"If the wheels were test fit on Bugeye's with drum brakes and they cleared, then why wont they fit?"

Because they are different lengths for the different applications.

You can not mix and match. Gota use the whole thing.
 
No way, those Cohasset hicks wouldn't know what to think. Maybe out Honey Run and Centerville.
 
Back
Top