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Post By rsk289
05-15-2014, 12:21 PM
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Spare wheel fittings
I now have one of Jim Feldman's excellent spare wheel wingnuts in cast aluminium. It has a ⅜ BSW thread. Can anyone with access to an original car tell me what the other parts of this fitting should be? From guesswork I would assume some threaded rod, fixed to the spare wheel well base by a nut either side of the fibreglass with suitable washers to spead the load. Right idea, or too simple? This is a leafspring, rack-and-pinion 289, but I imagine they're all pretty similar. I know the Ace used this same cast nut.
Thanks
Roger
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05-15-2014, 03:39 PM
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05-15-2014, 04:36 PM
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Very cool
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05-15-2014, 05:57 PM
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That's an awesome photo Dan, thanks!
Larry
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05-15-2014, 06:43 PM
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Dayum, Dan....whatever the question you have the answer.....with pictures!
Thank you for your participation.
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05-15-2014, 08:15 PM
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I have all those pieces Roger, just not on the site yet.
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05-15-2014, 11:59 PM
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Wow, Dan - is there anything you don't have a photo for? And are so generous in posting to help us?
Thanks, that's pretty much what I guessed should be there and it's really helpful to know for sure. Another piece ticked off the list.
Roger
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05-16-2014, 04:15 AM
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Your welcome. There are thousands of pictures I don't have but the current inventory is over 13,000 and that was after I culled about 8,000 out earlier this year.
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05-16-2014, 04:55 AM
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f.y.i.
If the car is driven in a sporting manner with spare in place and or on rough roads the spare tire assembly will move around a lot. Over the decades owners of more than a few original cars have turned down the nuts so tightly that they bend the top discs and or break the fiberglass trays. The assembly will still move a lot. About 1985 I had a piece of 6061 T6 aluminum round bar stock turned to make sturdy tapered on one end helper for the top disc. With this tapered device holding against the wire wheel hub taper the spare tire nut doesn't have to be very tight to hold the wheel very much more securely.
I think I sent that drawing to mickmate also?????
Here's a picture of the one made circa 1985. I still have the original top disc in place and you see where it had gained a cupped shape by the time I got the car.
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05-16-2014, 07:37 PM
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08-27-2014, 05:09 PM
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08-27-2014, 05:27 PM
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Set one aside for me.
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08-27-2014, 05:32 PM
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Nice job Nick!
Looks like I need to order the hardware! Already have the nut.
Larry
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08-28-2014, 03:35 AM
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Got you guys covered.
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