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MG MGB Technical - Wire Wheel Hub needed Please.

Does any one have a single spare old 8tpi wire Wheel hub they don't need?
I am looking for one to make a spare wheel location on the back of my B.
Regards
Dave
D M Tetlow

DM do you really want to mount a wire wheel on the back of your car? Ric
RIC LLOYD

Probably an attach to the tow bar arrangement.
If you cut away any unnecessary metal off the hub these can be quite compact and stow away easily in a corner of the boot and be pulled out and attached when you have sudden large loads ie Christmas shopping.
You'd want to have it as low and as close to the car as possible with a number plate in the middle. The number plate could hold the wheel in place with a padlock and the presence of he wheel would prevent thieves unbolting the carrier. A locking petrol cap might be better than a padlock.
Any place that does clunking splines should have some old ones. In fact You may not need one. Some round tubing of the right diameter should do. I would intersperse a bit of thick PVC pipe to protect the spline edges. Since it is unseen it doesn't have to be pretty.
Making up a variety for bolt on wheels would be even easier. You'd only need two of the bolts so it would be flat & take up even less space than the spline type.
Peter

I will be touring the US next year and would like as much room in the boot as possible.
If the spare is fixed to the boot rack it obstructs the rear view.
I am planning on fitting the wheel as Peter suggests as low as possible at the rear. I would like as good a fixing as possible so a splined hub is the obvious choice.
The back of the hub would be welded to a flat plate curving down to a support bar behind the bumper, and the wheel would be held on by a modified spinner with the number plate attached to the spinner centre and a vertical locking pin going through the spinner and hub. A padlock would be fitted through the protruding pin for security.
Sounds daft I know but I think it could work.
My only worry is that I don't believe that I can fit a std tow bar as my fuel tank is non standard and moved to the centre. One plan is to fit a square tube bolted to the bumper mounting bars, and if poss a longitudinal support towards the tank to stop the wheel wobbling .
Dave
D M Tetlow

The Towbar shouldn't be a problem. On my car two steel plates attach to the outside of the bumper irons to body bolts up behind the valance and the plates (either end) then go down and around the valance then up under to the horizontal bar under the bumper. I have often though it would be better to attach the towbar horizontal directly to the irons location and bolt the bumper to the towbar
There was a guy making and selling these MGB-Spare-wheel-mounts but he has now disappeared off ebay. They were a sort of square C shaped heavy pipe. The top of the C was the hub spline and the bottom was where it bolted to the toungue using the ball location as the bolt. He may have been using the ball as the bolt, you couldn't see in the photo. Very compact and solid. He carried the wheel back and up a little too far I thought. He had used a heavy duty pipe bender, and struggled to get the tight bend which may have been why. There was a slight forward angle to the spare.
The bottom inside of the wheel could have fit closely under the tongue and the spline a few inches above that. You could bolt the spline hub to a reversed L shape. Tow bar Tongue and attached spline inside the center of the wheel.
You could do this easily by welding rather than bending.
Another better approach might be to unbolt the tongue and make an S shape out of box steel that bolts to those locations. The top of the S being the wheel spline.
peter

Cheers Pete.
I will have a look at what towbars are available.
This would definitly be the way I would prefer to go as it would make the removal of the adapter easier.
Dave
D M Tetlow

By far the easiest way to accomp[lish what you want to do is to find a Triumph adaptor.

Flat surface with 4 bolt holes - all you need is a flat plat or bar with the holes in it to mount it. $80 brand new but I'm sure you could find a slightly worn one for what you want.
Bill Spohn

Thanks Bill
The MGB front hub it just that, a spline with a flat plate with 4 holes, I was assuming there would be more of these available second hand.
Dave
D M Tetlow

Hi Dave,
I have one in great shape that you could have, sitting in my garage being used as a doorstop. But with the high cost of shipping these days, I think you could probably manufacture one yourself for the same money.
Hope you have a great trip. Joe
Joe Ullman

David,
My brother and I have several of the hubs laying
around that you need. I live in jacksonville,fl.
If you want to pay the shipping, we could make
this happen for you. Let us know.

tracy
Tracy

Hi Tracy and Joe.
Thanks for the offers.
I have just paid $33 just to get some ally strips sent from the USA to the UK.
The cost of the Hub postage would be too high.
Thanks again.
I will try to contact a few breakers who should have a rusty one spare somewhere.
All the best.
David
D M Tetlow

David,

Call me on 07801576731 - I have what you want!
Chris at Octarine Services

This thread was discussed between 14/08/2007 and 27/08/2007

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