Blatman Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 i phoned polley and said i want minators to fit an early SEi and they said not a problem. but there was (promptly solved by polley). the hub nut sorround on my rear axle is apparently slightly larger than standard and hence they didnt fit. a spacer resolved the problem. i believe this problem is only on a few cars and could probably have been resolved by getting new minators to replace but i didnt bother. Sounds like a manufacturing defect or an anomally that may be peculiar to a *small* number of cars to me, rather than just a blanket "they don't fit" assesment of Minator wheels. I've had two sets of Minators and they both fitted perfectly... The "hub nut surround" is, if I interpert you correctly, the wheel register. Using a spacer to make the wheel sit off this is NOT a good idea, as all the forces generated by the car are being fed to the wheel studs only. The register should be engaged in the wheel to help with the stresses involved to avoid wheel stud failure... If the wheel centre was too small to fit over the wheel register, it should be rejected and a proper fitting wheel obtained. I have never come across a Westfield that had something other than a standard Ford wheel register... Quote
Matt Seabrook Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 Not all cars fit over the hub snugly so wheel studs should be up to the job ok on such a light car. The only thing that may make a difference is balance as they have been designed to fit over a hub but as they are on the back most people would not notice the difference. Quote
Blatman Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 Wouldn't the wheel bearings be under extra stress though? The driver may not notice the imbalance, but I'll bet something expensive to replace will.... Quote
Matt Seabrook Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 If you are talking about spacers making extra stress on the bearings yes they do but in my experience not too adversely. Before I fitted 13" wheels by rear wheels had 15mm spacers fitted and after 10000 miles the bearings are still good so unless the spacers are massive I don’t think there is too much to worry about. I have also had cars in the garage that have had spacers on for many more miles than my car and all has been well on there cars. Let’s face it the bearings are made for a much heavier car than a Westy. Before you say it yes I know that the Westy is going to be chucked round a lot more but most will not make much more than 1G in a turn so with 600kg it isn’t much. Quote
Blatman Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 What I meant was that if the wheel isn't nicely supported on the wheel register, wouldn't hitting bump etc etc will place extra stresses on the wheel bearings too, simply beacuse the studs may well flex a little in use because the wheel isn't supported by anything else? Quote
Matt Seabrook Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 Can’t see it as going from memory the Mits FTO does not have a wheel register as standard. Quote
oioi Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 apologies blatman i should have made myself clearer but i was in a rush to get to the booza the KN minators have a slight lip on the inside of the hub nut sorround for fixing the cheap and nasty plastic clip on hub nut cover against. the LENGTH of the hub sorround (not diameter) is the issue. by fitting a 6mm spacer this inside lip is moved away from the hub sorround. the wheel sits on the hub sorround and I wouldnt expect any extra undue stresses. I believe the length of the hub nut sorround varies depending upon which axle you have. I did not say they dont all fit, I said I had a small problem which was easily fixable and I believe the problem affected early SEi's. Hope that makes things clearer - and I also hope me wheels dont drop orf round knockhill next saturday Quote
gadrego Posted October 15, 2004 Author Posted October 15, 2004 Cheers chaps, I'll sell my current wheels over the winter then get some new one's when I have the cash. Have to admit it is half temping to stay with 14's to keep life simple, just don't think Tyre availability is very good. OiOi, I'll give C&C's a try when the time comes. Still in the North East so let me know if you fancy a blast out sometime. Quote
gadrego Posted November 9, 2004 Author Posted November 9, 2004 Dragging up again. Sorry! Asked a question at the start of this thread about adjusting the speedo to compensate for a larger rolling radius. Can somebody point me the direction of a thread that would tell me how this is done or fill this thread with your bountiful wisdom? Speedo is a normal run of gearbox jobbie. Quote
felters Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Hi - went through this myself. You can get a "gearbox" to adjust the speedo... but it was cheaper and easier to get a new speedo made to the correct gearing. I went to ETB... But my speedo was bu66ered anyway - I probably wouldn't have bothered otherwise. Quote
gadrego Posted November 10, 2004 Author Posted November 10, 2004 "but it was cheaper and easier to get a new speedo made to the correct gearing. I went to ETB..." Excellent a spending excuse. Might check out those SPA rev counters that do a few different functions, get rid of big speedo, carbon dash, new switches, get rid of windscreen at the same time and get an aero............... Think the Gadrego family may have an impoverished christmas this year. Quote
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