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06-11-2012, 09:03 PM
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Please confirm direction of knock-offs
Please see attached picture. The wheels are Trigos and the spinner is stamped Shelby. The car is a CSX4xxx. Researching these forums I've read that both sides of the car's spinners should spin toward the front of the car for removal. Correct?
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06-11-2012, 09:14 PM
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06-11-2012, 09:15 PM
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Yes, that is correct. Or at least that is the way it is supposed to be.
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06-11-2012, 09:16 PM
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Yes, that is correct. Righty tighty, lefty loosy, does not apply in this case.
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06-11-2012, 09:24 PM
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My trick to remember is by thinking about a really tight a** on a beautiful woman, you know the taillight section....now translated, no matter which side of the car...tighten toward the a**.
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06-11-2012, 09:40 PM
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"Tight Ass"
Just remember "Tight Ass". Always tighten in the direction of the rear of the car.
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06-11-2012, 09:44 PM
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Thanks for the fast answers guys! This is what I thought.
These SOB's do not want to come off! 
The car was built in 1999 and has 2K miles. I'm guessing these have never been removed. 
Time to order a lead hammer. 
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06-11-2012, 10:27 PM
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Just remember "Tight Ass". Always tighten in the direction of the rear of the car.
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06-11-2012, 09:44 PM
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06-11-2012, 10:26 PM
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Or if you aren't an ass man, just remember that they tighten opposite of the way the wheel rolls. Otherwise....what would be the point, right?  |
06-11-2012, 11:38 PM
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Rim removal on my car is as follows:
Rims that are on the passenger side - hit the spinner in a clockwise direction to remove the spinner; Rims that are on the driver side - hit the spinner counter-clockwise to remove the spinner.
As I understand, clockwise removal for the rims on the passenger side was due to the fact that cars were right-hand drive....GC
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06-12-2012, 12:02 AM
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You dumb ****
Quote:
Originally Posted by ViperGuy
Please see attached picture. The wheels are Trigos and the spinner is stamped Shelby. The car is a CSX4xxx. Researching these forums I've read that both sides of the car's spinners should spin toward the front of the car for removal. Correct?
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Why does the farmer take the sheep to the cliff ?
PUSH BACK !
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06-12-2012, 05:09 AM
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Loosen with forward rotation of tire.....tighten against forward rotation of tire.
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06-12-2012, 06:53 AM
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I remember the phrase ( back on ) . I jack up car and turn wheel so ear of wing on spinner is where I want it and let the car back down so there is weight on ground before hitting with lead hammer. If spinner won't come loose after several hits I jack back up and turn wheel so I can hit on next ear, then let car back down on ground before hitting. I don't like hitting on just one ear of spinner and don't like hitting with wheel off the ground. When putting wheel (back on) I use white grease instead of anti-seize , its just less of a mess and works just as good or better.
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06-12-2012, 09:16 AM
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All are good reminders.
I use the following saying to remember which way to turn the spinners: "Right is Wrong." Thus, the spinners on the right side of the car turn the "wrong way".
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06-12-2012, 10:55 AM
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related question
can I also ask -
should you put copper slip or similar on the backs of the wheels to aid removal or not?
at work here the guys tell me that the friction on the back face of the wheels against the hub is the primary driving force, and the pins are purely to locate the wheels in the correct place on the hub.
but I have seen posts where folk state that if you dnt add some grease or similar, then the wheel(rim) can rust on making it a SoB to remove.
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06-12-2012, 06:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KevinW
can I also ask -
should you put copper slip or similar on the backs of the wheels to aid removal or not?
at work here the guys tell me that the friction on the back face of the wheels against the hub is the primary driving force, and the pins are purely to locate the wheels in the correct place on the hub.
but I have seen posts where folk state that if you dnt add some grease or similar, then the wheel(rim) can rust on making it a SoB to remove.
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Yes - the pins transfer rotational force but the spinner applies the clamping force that keeps the wheel on the hub. |
06-15-2012, 12:02 AM
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***update***
I got the lead hammer today- FROM THIS SELLER and had my the spinners off within 10 minutes. I'll be taking them up to the tire shop to get the Billboards mounted tomorrow. I'll start a new thread with pics after they are mounted. Thanks for the tips guys!
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06-18-2012, 07:05 PM
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This is one of my favorite pictures because the replica I'm building is very close in appearance to this original car. But I noticed some time ago that based on the way the knockoffs are wired, they appear to be on backwards.
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06-12-2012, 11:07 AM
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I have heard dozens of directions on how this should be done but the only one that makes sense to me, emphasis on "me", and the one I can remember is:
"Right hand threads on the left side of the car and left hand threads on the Right side". Of course this assumes that one knows what right and left hand threads are and that the driver side in the US is the left side of the car.
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