SPF spinners
 

Hi, I want to replace one of my wheel spinners. When I took off the left front which I want to replace, I noticed that it has an "R" etched into the back. In checking all my spinners, the right side ones have "L" on them and the left ones have "R" on them. This leads me to believe that they were put on the wrong sides of the car. When I order a new spinner, I guess I should order a right side one "etched with R" even though it came off the left side. Am I being stupid to assume all the above?
Ken 2473

Now when you say left and right, is that when you are facing the nose of the car or sitting in a seat... ;)

Righty tighty, lefty lossen, maybe its reverse threads so letfy tighty and righty lossen

For knock offs, one side of the car does have reverse threads, but I don't remember which. %/

Left and right can be all relative to your perspective. So if you are standing on your head facing the passenger side door of a left hand drive car, the front wheel would be on your left and the back wheel would be on your right. :JEKYLHYDE

However, when it comes to determining the left and right for a car, I think it is relative to sitting in the car. However, there is an exception, which is the engine, which is determined by facing the front of the car.

So if you have a left hand drive steering wheel (like in USA). The steering wheel is on left side of the car (when you are sitting in the car). I assume the left wheels are on same side of the car as the steering wheel. And the right wheels are on the passenger side.

I'm dizzy now

I Believe the SPF owners manual tells you which way they spin.

Trig2275

They should spin clockwise on the driver's side to tighten. On the passenger side they should spin counter-clockwise to tighten.

At any rate, the tops of the spinner should go toward the back of the car when putting them on.

Bob

Offside undo.......

Either way, you want a replacement spinner with an "R" on it.

Lowell

The L is for left hand thread. They go on the right side hubs. Right side sitting in the car. The R is for right hand thread. They go on the left side hubs. Now you should be dizzy.
Jim

The spinners loosen the direction the tire turns when driving.
JB :)

Ok, I understand now. The R goes on the left driver's side and the L goes on the right passenger's side. Sure had me confused. Thanks!

But what about our friends who drive of the left hand side of the road? Their driver and passenger sides are reversed.

Their clocks turn the other way!

Bob

How about this? Does the safety wire push the spinner tight or pull it tight. I think that would be a pretty good indication.

Only if you put the safety wire on in the right direction!!**)

Ken the knock offs on the LH side of the car should have conventional RH threads. The knock offs on the RH side of the car should have LH threads. With them mounted as such they will attempt to tighten as the car rolls forward (??)

Another good way to remember which is which...always LOOSEN the knock offs by striking the ears so the knock off turns toward the FRONT of the car, no matter which side they're on. The right side of the car has lefthand threads in the knock offs, and the left side, right hand threads.

You may want to contact Lynn Parks at Trigo Wheels for your knockoff. Lynn made my wheels on #770, the adapters and knock off's, too. He also can supply adapters, wheels and knock offs for WAW wheels, and SPF wheels, as well as his own Trigo brand. He also sells polished stainless steel knocks offs, as I have purchased from him. I use my polished knock offs for street and my original knock offs for track...I've drilled the originals for safety wire as most sanctioning/sponsoring bodies require them to be safety wired.

Other things I've found out about knock off wheels/spinners... No matter what anyone says...safety wire will not - repeat WILL NOT - prevent a knock off from coming off! Safety wire should be installed as if it were trying to pull the knock off loose...not trying to prevent it from loosening. In this manner, you can check the wire for slack...indicating the knock off has loosened...and then whack your knock off a couple of time with your lead hammer to retighten it. Works great... Also...plan on removing your knock offs at least once a year...use some anti-sieze on the drive pins, knock off threads, and on the conical mating surfaces to prevent them from seizing up. Purchase a lead hammer, if you don't already have one. A dead blow hammer just can't strike hard enough to move the knock off. Don't over tighten the knock off...a couple of revolutions after it makes contact with the wheel is sufficient to hold them on. Thereafter, once a month, whack a couple of the ears with your lead hammer to make sure it's tight.

Now...before I get 6000 messages saying I don't know what I'm talking about, I got all this information straight from the winningest race car driver ever to come out of South Africa. He drove for the Willment Racing team, and had more miles at better than 100 MPH than most of us have driven in our entire lives...at any speed:

Bob Olthoff

Two full revolutions following contact? Not possible on my Trigos. At best it's maybe 10 degrees.

Bob

FF,
Did you write all that info down when you were told or did you recall it from memory?
I hope you recorded your conversation with Bob. Besides he only drove the car what does he know.;)