BENEFITS & INSTRUCTIONS for three eared wire wheeled cars
BENEFITS & INSTRUCTIONS for 3 eared Wire wheel cars.
Tired of damaging spinners, wheel spokes, and hitting the car's body?
This kit fits 42-size, MGs, Austin Healeys, Morgans, Triumphs, Cobras, Lotus Elites and many more cars that use these three eared type spinners.
Short History: For some time now, I’ve not been able to make my original two eared tools. My machinist lost his home and shop and all of our equipment during the 2017 CA. fires. Everything was destroyed and it would have been too costly to rebuild and continue making any more of my tools. I tried several other versions, but fell short, until now.
My Final version: After having many starts and re-starts to replace my original two eared tools, the final tool is now in production. There will be no need to beat your spinners to death with a hammer anymore. I used a solid block of aluminum using CNC technology to create a one-piece tool with no moving parts. The tool’s design has a leather lined bridge. You simply hang the tool on the spinner’s ear that faces upward, push the tool flat on the other ear and turn. Attach my, included, socket to the hex shaft of the tool, then use your breaker bar or a torque wrench and apply force to tighten or loosen the spinner. Yes, it’s that easy and simple!
This tool is made using CNC technology. It is shown without leather to show how the 3 tool openings grip the spinner's ear angle that are milled into the tool's sidewalls, to UNDO and tighten the left and right sides of the car. The tool has been engraved with UNDO directional right & left side arrows, has a Bridge to hang the tool on the spinner's ear that faces upward. Push the other two ears into the tool. Use the kit's socket to attach your breaker bar or a torque wrench and just turn to remove or tighten. The bridge keeps the tool from falling off while changing a tire. It eliminates the need to use a hammer.
The kit contains
only one Aluminum polished tool, that is leather wrapped to protect any metal-to-metal contact, has a colored plastic insert to protect the face of the spinner, a high impact 1 ¼" socket, a wheel chock to block the wheel from spinning on the floor, a black embossed storage bag to keep the kit with the car. Your choice of the colored insert that protects the face of the spinner.
Torque Settings: In a Lotus owner's manual, has the only settings I have been able to find. That was 200 to 220 ft/lbs. of torque. All other sources recommend using a hammer. It is hard to know the torque with a hammer.
A local shop owner: Who has always loosened his spinners with three good whacks with a hammer. We tested his 3 good whacks method. When he used our tool, he hit within 3 to 4 lbs. of 210 of torque each time. He did say by using our tool with a breaker bar, the added leverage of a breaker bar caused the wheel to spin on the floor and would need to block the wheels.
The standard removal method is to loosen the spinner with a hammer while the car is still on the ground, jack the car up, remove the spinner and the wheel, replace the wheel and finger tight the spinner, let the jack back down and tighten with a hammer. Roll the car a short distance and re-tighten with a hammer for a well seated spinner to the wheel. Some have said the spinner will self-tighten when driving. That is true if you don't brake too heavy before the wheel is fully tightened.
Changing a tire made easier.Use my wheel chock by jacking the car up so the tire just turns. Place the chock on one side of the tire to UNDO and then move the chock to the other side of the tire to tighten, then let the jack back down for a perfectly seated spinner to the wheel.
It that simple!
When using a breaker bar, always be pushing down rather than pulling or lifting the breaker bar for a better feel of the torque you are applying.
New larger chock size.
UNDO Directions:
FIRST use the directions on the spinner and engraved directions on the tool.
UNDO right side, turn clockwise towards the front of the car.
UNDO left side, turn counterclockwise, to the front of the car.
To tighten, turn both sides to the rear of the car.
Warning on wheel Splines.
No matter how tight the spinners are, worn splines may need to be replaced.
The Kit Storage Bags, all kits come with a black storage bag to keep the knockoff kit with the car. As an option, an Aluminum carrying case can be added by going to Buy Now and check-out on the order page.
Sizing your spinners, Questions I get on how to know what size spinner to order? 42 mm is not a measurement. For a 42-size spinner, if you measure the diameter, not the ears, will measure about 3½". The 52 sizes are about 4" for Jaguars.
