4 Wheels On My Wagon (sort Of!)

[Guest jimlad71]

Hi guys,

Is the 2b+ particular about what wheels you stick on it??

 

I have just finished the front suspension and fitted the front wheels. The only problem is that the cycle wing bracket is pushing into the tyre.

 

My donor was a GLS i

 

Have I done something horrendously wrong or is it I need to get new wheels??

 

Cheers

 

Jim

[Les Welsher]

Jim,

what wheels have you fitted that are rubbing ?, the ford wheels have an offset of et38 where as the RH alloys have an offset of et15 which moves the wheel/tyre away from the bracket.

 

Les

[Snapperpaul]

A lot of people use a spacer to push the wheels out a little just make sure your studs are long enough.

If its just the cycle wing bracket though you should be able to bend or re-weld to fit.

While your at it have a look at the rear wheels with the slight camber on the rear you may foul on full bounce.

[Swan Jnr]

hi

Standard sierrra studs are too short for alloys so change them they come keen when they shear off and hit you doing 60

 

Swan

[Snapperpaul]

Has this happend to you Swan, flying studs etc?

[enforcer]

Not being funny, but you have fitted the brake discs haven't you?

[Guest chris brown]

The Ford wheels will not fit on the later kits as the cycle wing bracket has been altered so as to only fit with the alloys with the greater offset. If you just want to have it on wheels during the build and don’t want to fit the alloys yet fit the ford steels the wrong way round at least that allows the car to be moved.

 

I need to get new wheels??

Do a search I seem to think someone put a list of what wheels fit (Peugeot for one) Edited October 2, 2005 by chris brown

[Guest jimlad71]

Looks like it the crappy ford alloys that I have that have ballon tyres fitted.

 

Went down to kwik-fit today and got tyres fitted to two of the array alloys

 

Good man there, he did it for free

 

Everything now fits fine, just I didn't really want to fit them during the build

 

 

Cheers

 

Jim

[Swan Jnr]

paul

 

i was in the driving seat and swan junior took the hit in the chest

 

not funny

 

swan (using junior's log in0

[Snapperpaul]

OUCH,

i will make sure my studs are up to it.

Also have flack jacket and helmet at work ( just insurance for some of the foriegn trips) all i need now is some of those tanky glasses they wear in the desert.

Could be a picture for the calander

[Guest Phil Slater]

Standard sierrra studs are too short for alloys

 

Does this apply to the RH supplied alloys? I haven't heard mention of any problems with them.

 

Phil Slater

[Guest Petemate]

Yes, the standard Sierra studs are too short for the Arays. Only by a few threads, but it matters....

Pete

[Guest TerryBarry]

I've thought that they were OK

How many turns did you get.

I thought that mine were OK - I get 6.5 turns to tighten nut onto rim equivalent to 9.75mm

Cheers,

Terry

[swan]

terry

in the earlier s7 and series2 build manual RH mention to change the studs if fitting alloy wheels

 

swan

[Guest salty_monk]

Rally design do the longer studs (£12) & spacers if needed. Easy to fit.

 

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