If you ever tear down your CCW classics... pay attention to the sizes of the centers!
03-06-2007, 02:06 PM
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If you ever tear down your CCW classics... pay attention to the sizes of the centers!
Turns out all four centers aren't the same exact size! I assumed wrong in spring '05 when I swapped out a set of centers.
I just noticed yesterday when getting two new rear tires mounted. I saw that on my RR wheel the center cap stuck out less than my LR wheel. I figured it was the centercaps but I remembered sitting all four next to each other and all of them are the same.
On a Corvette the thicker centers are supposed to go up front (more brake clearance). I need to swap my LR nad LF centers to fix this.
I guess bad things happen in 3s... my ac belt starts squeeling, my gauge cluster took a ****, and now this
So... keep track of the centers if you ever tear down the wheels.
I just noticed yesterday when getting two new rear tires mounted. I saw that on my RR wheel the center cap stuck out less than my LR wheel. I figured it was the centercaps but I remembered sitting all four next to each other and all of them are the same.
On a Corvette the thicker centers are supposed to go up front (more brake clearance). I need to swap my LR nad LF centers to fix this.
I guess bad things happen in 3s... my ac belt starts squeeling, my gauge cluster took a ****, and now this
So... keep track of the centers if you ever tear down the wheels.
03-06-2007, 04:51 PM
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Turns out all four centers aren't the same exact size! I assumed wrong in spring '05 when I swapped out a set of centers.
I just noticed yesterday when getting two new rear tires mounted. I saw that on my RR wheel the center cap stuck out less than my LR wheel. I figured it was the centercaps but I remembered sitting all four next to each other and all of them are the same.
On a Corvette the thicker centers are supposed to go up front (more brake clearance). I need to swap my LR nad LF centers to fix this.
I guess bad things happen in 3s... my ac belt starts squeeling, my gauge cluster took a ****, and now this
So... keep track of the centers if you ever tear down the wheels.
I just noticed yesterday when getting two new rear tires mounted. I saw that on my RR wheel the center cap stuck out less than my LR wheel. I figured it was the centercaps but I remembered sitting all four next to each other and all of them are the same.
On a Corvette the thicker centers are supposed to go up front (more brake clearance). I need to swap my LR nad LF centers to fix this.
I guess bad things happen in 3s... my ac belt starts squeeling, my gauge cluster took a ****, and now this
So... keep track of the centers if you ever tear down the wheels.
03-06-2007, 05:57 PM
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^ Yes... it's easy. You first simply remove the schrader valve, then remove the 30 bolts and take the centers out. If you accidentally seperate the wheel halfs (I did) then you have to take the tire off, take the wheel apart, grind off the silicone sealant, then re apply and put the wheels back together.
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