Gordon Keeble help

[drfoster1971]

Hi there, I have inherited chassis 80 and have been using it for a couple of years but now need to do more maintenance on it, and this seems like an ideal forum.
First question, likely to be off many, how do you remove the wheels? As I need to bleed the brakes.
Are the spinners real or fake as they seen to have wheel nuts on as well which look like they are staked over the studs.

Many thanks in advance

Steve

[hidetheelephants]

A photo would help, although if there are obvious wheelnuts then the spinner may well be a cosmetic thing. There's a long thread about GKs somewhere, at least one PHer owns one.

[drfoster1971]

Cheers, I'm trying to work out how to attach photos! Doesn't seem straightforward lol

[ARH]

Just above the reply box click where it says upload an image

[hidetheelephants]

A guide to posting pictures.

[hidetheelephants]

Big thread about GKs.

[Huntsman]

drfoster1971 said:

Hi there, I have inherited chassis 80 and have been using it for a couple of years but now need to do more maintenance on it, and this seems like an ideal forum.
First question, likely to be off many, how do you remove the wheels? As I need to bleed the brakes.
Are the spinners real or fake as they seen to have wheel nuts on as well which look like they are staked over the studs.

Many thanks in advance

Steve

Did you inherit from a family member in Gloucester?

I had #57, wheels are peg drive, so you undo the spinner, mine had JAP Magnas, yours might be different.

Contact the club.

[drfoster1971]

ARH said:

Just above the reply box click where it says upload an image

I don't have that link...yet!

[drfoster1971]

Finally image link appeared! Here you go

[hidetheelephants]

The spinner is holding the wheel on, the staked nuts hold the splined adaptor onto the wheel rim and are "not user serviceable".

[drfoster1971]

hidetheelephants said:

The spinner is holding the wheel on, the staked nuts hold the splined adaptor onto the wheel rim and are "not user serviceable".

nice one, just need to find a big hammer now to get it off!!

[drfoster1971]

Huntsman said:

Did you inherit from a family member in Gloucester?

I had #57, wheels are peg drive, so you undo the spinner, mine had JAP Magnas, yours might be different.

Contact the club.

hi there, no , we inherited it from my FiL. not sure what wheels these are, they look standard.

[hidetheelephants]

They look vaguely like Dunlop alloys, but the dimpling around the vent holes suggests pressed steel rather than alloy. They could be peg drive or splined hubs, I don't know how to tell without removing the wheel.

[V10Mike]

They're the standard MGA twin cam steel wheels. As said above, nuts hold the presser plate and are fixed to the drive pins. You need a hide mallet to avoid trashing the knock-offs.

[niva441]

You could try something like this

https://coventryautocomponents.co.uk/store/wooden-wheel-spinner-saver-tool

[drfoster1971]

V10Mike said:

They're the standard MGA twin cam steel wheels. As said above, nuts hold the presser plate and are fixed to the drive pins. You need a hide mallet to avoid trashing the knock-offs.

cool, cheers for the confirmation, i'll see if i can order one

[hidetheelephants]

A deadblow mallet might be less onerous to use; here's a nice UK-made one.