03-08-2003, 12:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northern California,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: -Sold- Contemporary 427S/C # CCX-3152 1966 427 Med Rise Side Oiler, 8v 3.54:1 Salisbury IRS, Koni's.. (Now I'm riding Harleys)
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I split one of Trigo's "new" pins too.. It was on the first and only wheel I actually got on my car.. (they didn't end up fitting) But anyway I went to sinch the pin down using the allen wrench supplied from Trigo with a slight whack from my bare hand, yes the allen wrench was properly seated, the pin cracked wide open..
It was hell getting it off without really messing up the hub. The new pins are hardened and resistant to compression tools, vice grips, et al. I ended up cutting flat spots with a grinder on the pin to get the vice grips to bite..
As it turned out, I get the wheel on much like the most of you did by beating the crap out of it... IT DIDN'T FIT... Ok.. Partly my fault and partly not.. LP promised they fit every Contemporary he had seen (I have talked to several people since that have shortened half shafts to make them fit)
The long and short of it without casting dispersions is Trigo wouldn't take them back because the tires had been put on.. Expensive lesson at $3400.. (wheels, tax, shipping tires and more tax)
Turns out PS Engineering wheels use Trigo hubs.. I guess I am only out $2300.. Oh that makes me feel much better.. I will say Phil Schmidt is a class act and had me new custom offset wheels in 5 days 9.5 front and 11" rear..
Thanks Trigo.. These things will make killer glass top coffee table supports..
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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