Anyone running 15" Torq Thrust "D"s ?
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Intermediate
Joined: May 2001
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From: New York
Anyone running 15" Torq Thrust "D"s ?
I would like to run these(8.5"x15") on my Brandshatch Green 71 but can't find much info on fit and clearance. All the dealer web sites lean towards 16" and 17". Any information/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2000
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From: Crescent City, CA
I am running Appliance Wheels on mine. I did not think the 3.25 back spacing of the older wheels in 8.5 width would clear. So I have 7 inchers on mine.
In the pic below you can see that the Appliance wheels clearance the back plate to clear the calipers. No Spacers
Appliance wheels on the left and D's on the right.
Hope this helps.
Terry
In the pic below you can see that the Appliance wheels clearance the back plate to clear the calipers. No Spacers
Appliance wheels on the left and D's on the right.
Hope this helps.
Terry
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,145
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From: South of London, Engerland
Weird - I have TTDs on my '76 and they clear the calipers, just. I bought them used and I think they backspacing is slightly deeper than OEM wheels, because the tyres are wider in the arches than the old wheels were.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Watkinsville, GA and Glen Cove, NY
The newer D's wil not clear the caliper's. It doesn't have anything to do with backspacing, but the shape of the spokes. You could grind in the clearance needed. I wanted the D's but ended up getting a lookalike from P.S. Engineering. Not cheap but a great wheel and they clear the calipers. I got 8.5 in 15's with 4.25 backspace.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Taylor Michigan
There are actually two different wheels. One for drum brakes without a cutout for a caliper and those with a cutout for calipers. The older wheels may not fit caliper setups because of this fearure. Either its there or isn`t. 
spacers are the alternative for drum wheels on caliper cars
spacers are the alternative for drum wheels on caliper cars
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Had an older set of torque thrust "D",(D for disc brakes), that the guy never had on the road.
Would not clear the calipers, and never could find hub-centric spacers. To have someone make them was not worth the price. Sold them here awhile back
Would not clear the calipers, and never could find hub-centric spacers. To have someone make them was not worth the price. Sold them here awhile back