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Feb 07, 2016 7:38 am
Feb 07, 2016 7:38 am
Subject: Re: Wheel Discs for LG45
As a new member has shown interest in reinstating wheel discs on his car I thought I should update this subject.
I was fortunate to have all the original wheel disc components as a starting point, although they were mostly in a shockingly poor state. For anyone that isn't familiar with what a 'set' of parts is I've tried to list them below. I'm not sure what the proper names for everything is but I can't be too far out.
Front wheel disc. (The shiny part you see.)
Valve extension (Links the wheel valve to the new disc.)
Valve extension fork. (Holds the extension piece in place so you can line up the disc over it.)
Valve extension locking washer.(Chromed threaded washer with 2 holes for tightening with special key.)
Threaded dust cap shroud (Screws down against the locking washer.)
Dust cap.
Backing plate. (functional and not decorative disc to fit on the rear of the wheel.)
Hub ring. (Quite complicated flange ring to fit in the front of the wheel and clamp through the spokes to the backing plate. Includes an external thread for the final locking ring that holds the wheel disc in place.)
Chromed centre 'dish'. (This is a tight fit in the hub ring but it moves just enough to push tight to the wheel centre when you knock on the spinner.)
Spoke clamps. (These are themselves short spokes that fit between the wheel spokes and clamp the backing plates to the hub ring.)
Chromed threaded locking ring to tighten up onto the wheel disc. (Has 3 small holes in rim to accept C spanner.
C spanner. 7"
I refurbished the rear discs, spoke clamps, chrome centre dish, dust cap parts and C spanner. All the other bits were newly made.
The attached photos will show how it all fits together. These photos were taken after about 1,300 miles of driving in all weather so you can see that the discs have done a great job of keeping them clean. All still secure and no damage to the wheels.
The masking tape on one photo shows where I was balancing them so please ignore that. They were my marks of where weights were needed. I had them balanced and marked with all the discs in place then removed the front disc only and stuck adhesive weights to the inner and outer rims in the appropriate places.
If anyone wants to go through this themselves I would be happy for them to come and measure up but I suspect there are plenty of these parts knocking about under benches in members garages as few people seem to use them. Perhaps they can't be bothered. I think they look smart and are a nice original feature but accept that it's a heck of a lot of work and not to everyone's taste.
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As a new member has shown interest in reinstating wheel discs on his car I thought I should update this subject.
I was fortunate to have all the original wheel disc components as a starting point, although they were mostly in a shockingly poor state. For anyone that isn't familiar with what a 'set' of parts is I've tried to list them below. I'm not sure what the proper names for everything is but I can't be too far out.
Front wheel disc. (The shiny part you see.)
Valve extension (Links the wheel valve to the new disc.)
Valve extension fork. (Holds the extension piece in place so you can line up the disc over it.)
Valve extension locking washer.(Chromed threaded washer with 2 holes for tightening with special key.)
Threaded dust cap shroud (Screws down against the locking washer.)
Dust cap.
Backing plate. (functional and not decorative disc to fit on the rear of the wheel.)
Hub ring. (Quite complicated flange ring to fit in the front of the wheel and clamp through the spokes to the backing plate. Includes an external thread for the final locking ring that holds the wheel disc in place.)
Chromed centre 'dish'. (This is a tight fit in the hub ring but it moves just enough to push tight to the wheel centre when you knock on the spinner.)
Spoke clamps. (These are themselves short spokes that fit between the wheel spokes and clamp the backing plates to the hub ring.)
Chromed threaded locking ring to tighten up onto the wheel disc. (Has 3 small holes in rim to accept C spanner.
C spanner. 7"
I refurbished the rear discs, spoke clamps, chrome centre dish, dust cap parts and C spanner. All the other bits were newly made.
The attached photos will show how it all fits together. These photos were taken after about 1,300 miles of driving in all weather so you can see that the discs have done a great job of keeping them clean. All still secure and no damage to the wheels.
The masking tape on one photo shows where I was balancing them so please ignore that. They were my marks of where weights were needed. I had them balanced and marked with all the discs in place then removed the front disc only and stuck adhesive weights to the inner and outer rims in the appropriate places.
If anyone wants to go through this themselves I would be happy for them to come and measure up but I suspect there are plenty of these parts knocking about under benches in members garages as few people seem to use them. Perhaps they can't be bothered. I think they look smart and are a nice original feature but accept that it's a heck of a lot of work and not to everyone's taste.
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