1987 3.2 Carrera Backdate project - Sladeys hotrod

[sladey]

Thanks for the comments

Excited about the wheel but in response to smallspeed's comments it's still going to be a £750 wheel! Worth every penny to me

Gary I find if you have 6 Jagerbombs everything becomes a lot clearer

[Bootsy]

I find if you have 6 Jagerbombs everything becomes a lot clearer

and flaccid

[smallspeed]

yeah appreciate its still not cheap, but at the same time, its about 1/4 the price of some of the wheels I've been looking at on ebay

[sladey]

This arrived today - double-wrapped by Jonathan



And in place


Holes are my signature

[Bootsy]

Suits you, fine result Slothey

[defianty]

Very nice indeed.

[Boydyrs]

luv that Mark

[smallspeed]

Looks great!

[MikeB]

Yep, looks the part

When will the signed replicas be available ?

[Bootsy]

Yep, looks the part

When will the signed replicas be available ?

It's all in the planning, he's stopped bathing, shaving and having haircuts - watch this space

[sladey]

Yep, looks the part

When will the signed replicas be available ?

It's all in the planning, he's stopped bathing, shaving and having haircuts - watch this space

Shhhhh! - all embargoed until I launch the UrbanHighwayman brand.

[Ollie]

Hi Sladey,

The finished wheel looks great! What glue and filler did you use? I have a similar wheel and the rubber's come loose around the top.

Cheers,

Ollie

[sladey]

I paid Jonathan to do it so you’re better off asking him - user jtparr on the forum. He did a great job on mine.

I should also add that now I’ve driven with it for a couple of weeks this is the best driving wheel I’ve had. It feels great in so many ways - the most important being the feel you get when going fast around corners - you really get to feel what the wheels are doing and the thicker rim is just right.

[sladey]

One other point about the wheel - because I had to modify the wheel so it fits a momo hub, the upshot of that is that you can’t get to the main nut holding the wheel on without talking the wheel off the hub.

The issue there is that it takes a bit of torque to undo that nut, and normally you can hold onto the wheel to counteract the pressure. If you just rely on the steering lock to turn against, the likelihood is that you’ll break the steering lock.

I had to take the wheel off last week-end to investigate a scraping noise (turned out it was just the horn contact ring having worn through a bit - easy fix) and so decided to make a tool that would bolt onto the MOMO fixings, but take a socket so I could balance the pressure required to remove the nut.

Here it is


and here it is in use



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[Lightweight_911]

If you're using a Momo hub why didn't you remove the original splined centre from the s/wheel - then you'd have access to the retaining nut without the need for a special tool ?