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04-15-2012, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Oklahoma City,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2303, Titanium Silver, Roush 427 SR/TW, AED Carb, Firefly Sides, TKO 600
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Spinners Backwards?
I was attempting to take my wheels off for the first time since purchased in August per SPF Manual and one of the wings broke off the right rear spinner. After a few choice words to myself and sitting in disbelief, I noticed the broken wing had a 'L' stamped on the back side. I got a mirror and checked the others and the front right also has an 'L' and the two left sides have an 'R' stamped on them.
I am assuming that I now should be attempting to remove them backwards from the manuals direction.
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04-15-2012, 11:30 AM
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04-15-2012, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Cobra Make, Engine: owned Kirkham for 11 years
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James,
I believe the L on the right and R on the left refer to left hand and right hand threads respectifully. IE, turn to the left to tighten the one on the right and turn right on the drivers side
Maurice
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04-15-2012, 03:33 PM
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they loosen toward the front of the car
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04-15-2012, 03:46 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Thanks guys. I do understand the top of spinners loosen towards the front. I thought maybe the spinners were on the wrong side and needed to come off backwards, if that is even possible.
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04-15-2012, 04:59 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #1950, Roush 402R, TKO600
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James
An easy way to remember is, no matter what side of the car you are looking at the spinners tighten towards the trunk.
Stu.
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04-15-2012, 05:40 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
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Did you manage to get one off?
What kind of hammer were you hitting the spinner with?
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04-15-2012, 06:00 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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You might want to ditch the crappy aluminum spinners and go for stainless steel ones from CobraRacing.com Hubs and Accessories
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04-15-2012, 06:29 PM
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Ass tight.
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04-15-2012, 09:08 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2303, Titanium Silver, Roush 427 SR/TW, AED Carb, Firefly Sides, TKO 600
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
You might want to ditch the crappy aluminum spinners and go for stainless steel ones from CobraRacing.com Hubs and Accessories
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I will probably replace just the one spinner from Trigo right now, but will be looking very strongly at the polished stainless ones when I have more funds. Do you know if the ones from Cobraracing fit the Trigo wheels on an SPF. Looks as if they have a pretty good price for the stainless, too. |
04-16-2012, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Cobrajames
Do you know if the ones from Cobraracing fit the Trigo wheels on an SPF. Looks as if they have a pretty good price for the stainless, too.
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I have them on my ERA, and I know they fit the Shelby hubs as well. I don't think I've heard of different hub thread sizes between ERA/CSX/SPF/Kirkham so I would bet they're all the same. |
04-15-2012, 08:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jhv48
Did you manage to get one off?
What kind of hammer were you hitting the spinner with?
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I did get them all off after using Liquid Wrench and waiting a couple of hours and I used Cobra Valley's 6 lb Muther Thumper.
The one that broke did so on the only the fourth hit with somewhat medium force. The others were hammered even harder with no breakage. |
04-16-2012, 08:23 AM
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I went with the stainless spinners just to avoid the problem you had with the wing breaking off. Was on a cruise last year when one of the folks broke the wing off the spinner on his Daytona Coupe.
If you're going to go with the polished look have George polish them when you order. Got mine unpolished and decided I wanted the polished look and beat myself to death trying to polish them myself and ended up sending them back to be polished by George.
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04-16-2012, 08:42 AM
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Depending on how you use your car, you may want to stick with the aluminum spinners. Going to the stainless steel spinners will increase your unsprung weight, which is something you try to avoid if you race your car.
And Blas is correct, not all spinners are the same even if the threads are. Buy what is specific for your wheels.
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04-16-2012, 10:09 PM
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Thanks Blas and Silverback51 for your advise and help. I spoke to a Trigo rep who was also very helpful to me before I was able to read the latest posts. I ended up ordering an aluminum replacement from Hillbank. Michael at Hillbank was great in making sure I got the right spinner ordered.
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04-20-2012, 04:47 PM
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Replacement spinner was ordered on Monday night and delivered today, Friday. Perfect match with my others. Michael at Hillbank took good care of me on this order.
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04-21-2012, 12:20 AM
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This thread is timely as many of us including myself are doing maintenance before the driving season. Today I had to remove the RF Trigo Knock off on my PS FIA Wheels to adjust a wheel bearing. It had not been off for over 3 years (no flaming please). It was initially stuck and didn't want to move. I had used anti sieze liberally during assembly. I wacked on all three ears equally with a 3 lb sledge and an 18" piece of Oak Wood and then broke out the propane torch and used it discretely. It did my heart good when it started to move. "Note to self"... remove knockoffs yearly.
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04-21-2012, 05:58 AM
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I remove mine two to three times a year for cleaning and/or maintance.
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04-21-2012, 09:27 AM
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And a little anti-seize on the threads and mating surface helps too. Don't put too much on it's nasty stuff to clean up.
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04-21-2012, 07:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twobjshelbys
And a little anti-seize on the threads and mating surface helps too. Don't put too much on it's nasty stuff to clean up.
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I've found that liberal amounts of anti-seize has worked to my benefit. I apply it kinda like cake icing!  Well, not quite that much, but quite a lot.
Anti-seize will clean off quite easily with mineral spirits and a cloth or paper towel.
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