Stupid wheel hub question

[ianwhitewick]

I'm in the middle of the a chassis refurb and have a few problems:

Front wheel hub. I have been undoing the bolt pictured below in the centre of the front wheel hub, and it just seems to spin without moving out. I don't think I can get to the back of the bolt. I know I'm being dim, what am I doing wrong?



Also the rear wheel hub nuts are being a bugger. Am I right in thinking they are a reverse thread?

Thanks for any help.

[Tanguero]

What are you trying to achieve by undoing the centre bolt on the front? It is just the retainer for a support plate that gives the hub bearing extra strength. You have to take the back plate off the upright to get to the other end of it.
The bolt in question in red http://www.tvr-cerbera.co.uk/Misc/Cerb_Front_Sus_H...

If you are trying to take the hub off the upright, that is not the bolt to undo. There are 3 socket cap machine screws that go through the upright and into the hub from behind.
This may help. http://www.tvr-cerbera.co.uk/Misc/Cerb_Front_Drawi...


Rear hub nuts undo in the opposite to the direction of rotation of the wheel, so one is left hand thread the other right hand. They can be tight too so it is not difficult to strip them if you get it wrong.

Edited by Tanguero on Wednesday 28th January 15:26

[Stunned Monkey]

Tanguero said:

This may help. http://www.tvr-cerbera.co.uk/Misc/Cerb_Front_Drawi...

Interesting link, is there a parent page linking other images from the parts manual?

[ianwhitewick]

Thanks for the links, very useful. I am stripping the chassis and assumed I would need to undo this with the wheel on. Lesson learned!