[decooney]

excelguru,

you may already have this solved...

and if not, if you are running wheel studs in the front on your Unique, with the upgraded hub/brake option; yes its freakin tight! The hardened black wheel studs don't flex, at all, like the rear Jag hub/pins do.

I didn't review this whole thread, but can tell you that Lynn has two different pins, black and chrome. On my last car I stayed with the chrome and had a few things to do to make them fit.

First, be sure the test ring fits! If you don't have one, get one from Lynn - immediately. Next, install the wheel, using the tire for leverage, and check where the pins are gouging into the the pin/bore; usually towards the outside of the bore. Pull the wheel on/off a few times and keep turning the wheel round and round on the pins until it finds a point where it drops on the pin better than other positions. Pull the wheel off carefully, and MARK the pin at 12:00 and the wheel hole to make sure that pin always goes into the same hole. This is your starting point. Always put the wheel on in the same position. From here, you can see where the pin is hitting in the bore. From there, you can choose to grease the pins, and/or slightly machine/or sand the pin bores slightly for a fit. I talked with Lynn about 5 times on this, and soon learned that his wheels are one size, and wheel/hubs come in "slightly" different sizes on various cars.... off a thousandth here and there. Unique's hubs/studs are off just a bit if you ask me, and my ERA was the same, but a hair better.

Remember, if the alignment/test tool will not fit first, the wheel will not fit. A little finesse on the wheel bores usually does the trick. And yes, the chrome pins are not durable as they could be.

send me an email if you are still stuck.