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01-10-2009, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Provo,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, 427
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01-10-2009, 05:24 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP532, KC427FE, TWM
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You do realize, that today we'd both be put on Ritalin and dismissed out of hand..
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01-10-2009, 05:39 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, 427
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What I really wonder about is what would have happened yesterday?
David
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01-10-2009, 06:24 PM
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On the 9th?
Probably just a severe beating about the face, and being sent to your room...
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01-14-2009, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Fresno,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427
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Since you have a newer model of the car, I was wondering if your hubs have the spring-loaded safety ears which keep the spinner from backing out accidentally. If you do then you have to push these down before trying to remove the spinner.
Last edited by jpfletch1; 01-14-2009 at 11:07 AM..
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01-14-2009, 03:10 PM
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No, this is the step to even get to that point.
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01-15-2009, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: White Plains,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA140, ERA 267, ERA GT2038, ERA FIA 2045, ERAGT2077 ERA2893000EXP
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I've seen another "trick" (as a last resort), which is to take a 3'+ length of heavy wall pipe and slide it over the ear of the spinner and give that a whack. If the spinner is aluminum, it may have to be replaced, but it sure beats having to cut it off.
Happy whaling! (or is it wailing?)
Jim
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01-15-2009, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Aug 1999
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
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Another alternative, the web site has the details:
" Build your own Wheel "Knock-off" Tool "
" Recently on www.tomyang.net there has been much discussion about knock-off wheel nut tools. In the past, a lead hammer was the accepted manner for removing or installing wheel nuts. Although this manner works, there are many drawbacks including possible damage to a fender, to the wheel or to the wheel nut itself. And there was always the possibility of uneven tightening torque between wheels. When I purchased my 330GT 2+2 in 2001 I wanted a better alternative to hammering on and off wheel nut spinners. I happened to see a technical article in the Ferrari Club News Bulletin about a knock-off wheel tool kit. (Unfortunately this company no longer manufactures this tool.) When I received the tool kit I realized the socket used was a modified truck socket. Here at Radcliffe Motorcar Company we manufacture our own wheel nut tools to custom fit each set of wheel nuts and accommodate specific applications, e.g., two-ear spinners, curved three-ear spinners and straight three-ear spinners. Although there are some very nicely made 'knock-offs' available through Ferrari parts houses, these can be expensive and do not necessarily fit everyone's needs. For those of you who are handy with tools it is possible to make your own 'knock-off' wheel tool, and for not a lot of money "
http://www.rmccar.com/techsession.html
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