Will my wheels fall off!!

Post by **d_harris** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:20 pm

13x6J Wellers at the moment. Got some 205s on 15x6 Saab Rims to go on once I've made a few mods.......

Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:26 pm

The 'wide' van rims are still only 4.5 J - best to stick to 155 section tyres!

Post by **aupickup** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:28 pm

snap

Post by **ani** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:14 am

Thanks all - that's good news as I've already ordered 5 x 155s! So I will have skinny wheels on the front and fat ones on the rear

Best bet back to the wire brushing and painting before the tyres arrive.

Post by **ani** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:34 pm

Finally managed to rectify this problem

All wheels have been wire brushed, sanded, primed and painted and stuck back on with new tyres

Just imagine how fast I'll be going with those new big 14 inch wheels !!!! I've asked Dennis (aupickup) to post some pics of the finished result for me as this PC doesn't have bluetooth! So all I've got to do now is everything else

Post by **aupickup** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:42 pm

the wheels look very good, well done ani
will upload photot when i get them

Post by **ani** » Mon May 04, 2009 8:57 pm

Remember this thread ........ I'm sure you will all be pleased to know that I now have five original moggie wheels and after much wire brushing and sanding, new wheel nuts and spraying and new tyres I think its much safer. And looks better too - see new pics at the end. Special thanks to all who helped me get there

ani wrote:Here are the pictures - remember I'm alergic to bad news

Post by **aupickup** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:45 pm

looks heaps better well done

Post by **RobThomas** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:18 pm

Rostyle wheels use a steeper taper than ordinary Mog wheels. Probably 10 degrees difference, easily enough to knacker the wheels AND nuts. Some Mog wheelnuts hve tapers at BOTH ends. I seem to recall that GPO vans had them.

Post by **RobThomas** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:21 pm

Rostyle wheels use a steeper taper than ordinary Mog wheels. Probably 10 degrees difference, easily enough to knacker the wheels AND nuts. Some Mog wheelnuts have tapers at BOTH ends. I seem to recall that GPO vans had them.
Midget rims are 13 inch but Vauxhall Rostyles have 14 inch rims on some models with the same PCD. I imagine that MGB Rostyles will fit the 4,5 inch PCD of the MM hubs?

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Post by **stevespickup** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:58 pm

after reading this subject I checked the wheels on my pick up and they have no markings it looks like I have standard saloon wheels fitted, should I have the wider wheels on the pick up or was it just the van that had wider wheels ?, Regards, Steve

Post by **aupickup** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:18 pm

it was only 8CWT vans and pick ups that had the wider rims

all other 6CWT had normal width rims

Post by **stevespickup** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:30 pm

Thank you aupickup, my next stupid question is how do I tell if my pick up was an 8cwt or a 6 cwt ? what are the differences ? (apart from 2 cwt

) did they have a different body shape or different chassis, Regards, Steve

Post by **aupickup** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:06 pm

the front steering arms were thicker
also they had 8 leaf rear springs

also will be on the chassis plate

i can tell you now that it was mainly pickups of the austin badge