TVR spoke wheels

[BernieRamone]

Hi, iam trying to help my friend with her TVR Gratura 62 model
Her husband has passed and I know nothing of pommy cars

Can someone tell me the socket size for the single nut holding the front spoke wheels on, as one is flat?

cheers Bernie

[phillpot]

Can't help with the size but is there not something like this tucked away somewhere in the car (along with a jack and a hammer)?



Failing that just measure across the flats of the nut to get size, although they could well be eight sided, not six like a "normal" nut.

[BernieRamone]

the nut is inside the wheel hub about 6"
Can barely see it, let alone measure it
Have searched car for socket, nothing

[Slow M]

Please provide a picture.

Best regards,
Bernard.

[phillpot]

BernieRamone said:

the nut is inside the wheel hub about 6"

Think we've lost something in translation, thought you meant a big nut like this holding the wire (spoked) wheel on ?

[BernieRamone]

Hi there
no , she has a trident as well with that big nut on outside.
But the TVR wheels have "spinners" which I unscrewed.
Now as mentioned there is a 6" hub with a huuge nut in deep on the spline?
bigger than 1"

Thought yu guys would know straight away, so I don't have to buy half a dozen sockets
cheers Bernie (from southend, now in Brisbane aust)

[phillpot]

Adrian@ said:

by the sound of it you are trying to undo the flange to quill shaft nut within the actual wheel spinner flange!

BernieRamone said:

the single nut holding the front spoke wheels on,

Wheel bearing nut? but then there should be a split pin through it, shouldn't there?

[Slow M]

Once the spinner is off, there should be nothing to secure the wheel to the splined stub. It may be corroded, or it could be binding against worn splines. Of course, the grease may have petrified, by now.

Best regards,
Bernard.

[Adrian@]

Good point Mike, it is a castellated split pinned nut, it would spin if enough force was put on it though. AND, too true, Bernard.
Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Tuesday 31st March 23:30

[BernieRamone]

Thanks Bernard, hey good name
So just the spinner holds the wheel on ?

For the record, ive been working on Falcon GT's Mustangs and 100's of other Fords in last 35 years
I never work on pommy cars, so no nothing of them.

Il spray some WD40 around and try removing the wheel.
thanks Bernard

[phillpot]

Pump it up and drive to Beaurepaires before it goes flat