BENEFITS & INSTRUCTIONS for two eared wire wheeled cars
BENEFITS & INSTRUCTIONS for two 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 this type of 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 two ear openings grip the spinner’s ear angles that
are milled into the tool’s sidewalls, to contact the left and right spinner’s ear
shapes. The tool has been engraved with UNDO directional right and left
arrows. The tool has a Bridge to hang the tool on the spinner’s ear that faces
upward. Push the other ear into the tool. Use the kit’s socket to attach your
breaker bar or a torque wrench on to the tool and just turn to remove or
tighten. The bridge frees both hands and keeps the tool from falling off while
changing a tire. It simples 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 1⁄4” 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.
Torque Settings: In a Lotus owner's manual, has the only settings I've been able to find. It was 200 to 220 ft/lbs. of torque. All other sources only recommend using a hammer. It is hard to know the torque with a hammer.
A local shop owner: Who has always used a hammer to remove his spinners with three good whacks. 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's 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.
UNDO Directions
First use the directions on the spinner and the engraved on the tool.
UNDO right side, turn clockwise to 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.
First use the directions on the spinner and the engraved on the tool.
UNDO right side, turn clockwise to 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.
Sizing your spinner? Asked what size tool to order? For a 42-size spinner, measure the diameter of the base, not the eares, will be about 3 1/2". For the larger 52 size Jaguars was about 4".
The many cars that use the 42 size two eared type spinners.
