Morris Minor Owners Club

hi all please could any one help out i have seen on teh transit form that there is a kit out there that you fit to your studs and then can fit bigger or smaller stud pattern
can any clear this up and tell me if there is and will it fit the minor as i have 5 diffrent sets of alloys that are good and want the cance to use them lol differnt shoes differnt day sort of thing
help if you could
cheers
chris

They'e certainly available for various vehicles, but I've never seen them for the Mog. I'd be very wary of using them on standard studs myself

cheers B G shame as i dont want to drill out the wheels i could on one set of mgb ones but will they be scrap or ok ?

I'm not qualified to answer, I'm afraid

Wheel adapters are not really a good idea - there won't be a 'kit' as such - but you could have them made up. But you use at your own risk - the studs and bearings on a Minor are not exactly super strong - fine for the intended job - but borderline at best with adapters on which will increase the track. You could have MGB wheels (assuming solid alloy centre type of course) redrilled to suit a Minor - would have to be done very very accurately - and no MGB owner will touch them after you have done that!

there is a kit out there that you fit to your studs and then can fit bigger or smaller stud pattern

Chris any idea how they are supposed to work, and as Roy says the track would increase which would then give clearance issues.

You are looking at around £200 for a set of adapters.
Really it's not worth it for a Minor when for a little more you can get a set of alloys with correct PCD - and not worring about increased track / clearance as well as additional stresses on wheel studs and bearings.

Paul Humphries

cheers all looks like ill be selling the wheels then i know they do do ones for transit and for the caravan then you dont have to carry a spare in the caravan use the cars one
shame never mind

Kevin wrote:

there is a kit out there that you fit to your studs and then can fit bigger or smaller stud pattern

Chris any idea how they are supposed to work, and as Roy says the track would increase which would then give clearance issues.

A metal plate with holes at the original PCD and studs at the new one

paulhumphries wrote:You are looking at around £200 for a set of adapters.
Really it's not worth it for a Minor when for a little more you can get a set of alloys with correct PCD - and not worring about increased track / clearance as well as additional stresses on wheel studs and bearings.

Paul Humphries

Hi Paul,

Where might I be able to buy alloys for a minor with the correct PCD, or what is the PCD Im looking for, I would like to get a nice set of smooth alloys for my unmodified 4door.

The PCD is four inches - and far be it from me to say where you could get some

Worth checking out JLH website - they sometimes have special offers. Other suppliers can do them too!

now doing so I Googly'ed JLH Restorations on the strength of the last message

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I would like to get a nice set of smooth alloys for my unmodified 4door.

one of the nicest set of custom wheels I've seen on a fairly standard looking Minor were called 'chrome smoothes'. these were made fully chromed but had their middles painted in body colour, and chrome hub caps.

A metal plate with holes at the original PCD and studs at the new one

So is the plate the same thickness as the original studs if so that would certainly put some extra strain as mentioned previously.

The plate is thick enough to allow the nuts to sit inside it

You would need a plate at least the thickness of the studs - carefully machined to fit over the centre hub and to take the studs through on a snug fit. The stud holes then counter-bored large enough to take the original nuts, and of course taper seats in the bores to match the nut taper. Then - on the new desired PCD - holes accurately machined and lightly counter bored on the back face to take new long studs which will project sufficiently from the outer face to take the new wheels. All in all - quite a job really - and bound to increase the track by at least the length of the studs per side -although new wheels with greater inset could be fitted to cancel that out. It's a lot of work - and not something to be run up at home with the Black & Decker !

You would need a plate at least the thickness of the studs

That was what concerned me.