Wire wheel knock offs ??

[kiwichris]

Got to get the wheels off my new project. Do they have left hand threads and do you just beat them with a mallet???

 

[RootesRacer]

Yes, left and right rotate in different directions. I dont recall the directions though.

 

[sunalp]

The left handed ones go on the right side of the car, the right ones on the left. If you look on the inside
of the knock off ( where the threads are) and clean the grease off the center there's an R & L there to
tell them apart. I used a small 4lb hand sledge to take them off & vice versa. If you're careful you won't damage them.
Also tighten them with no weight on the wheel ( jacked up)

Cheers!
Steve

 

[kiwichris]

The left handed ones go on the right side of the car, the right ones on the left. If you look on the inside
of the knock off ( where the threads are) and clean the grease off the center there's an R & L there to
tell them apart. I used a small 4lb hand sledge to take them off & vice versa. If you're careful you won't damage them.
Also tighten them with no weight on the wheel ( jacked up)

Cheers!
Steve

The left handed ones go on the right side of the car, the right ones on the left. If you look on the inside
of the knock off ( where the threads are) and clean the grease off the center there's an R & L there to
tell them apart. I used a small 4lb hand sledge to take them off & vice versa. If you're careful you won't damage them.
Also tighten them with no weight on the wheel ( jacked up)

Cheers!
Steve

Thanks for the info.

 

[mikephillips]

The easiest way to remember is that each side loosens as if rolling forward and tightens as if rolling backward. So spin the right hand side, when you're facing forward, clockwise to remove, and the left hand side counterclockwise. And reverse to tighten.

 

[Tim R]

Some people tighten the centre lock spinners too much, it really isn't necessary to go too nuts when tightening them. We use this tool now and it is fantastic.
Tim R

 

[Limey]

does it to 3 ear spinners?

 

[Barry]

does it to 3 ear spinners?

If you use the three-ear version of the tool.

https://shop.limitfabrications.co.uk/?product=3-prong-spinner-tool

 

[Jay Laifman]

The easiest way to remember is that each side loosens as if rolling forward and tightens as if rolling backward. So spin the right hand side, when you're facing forward, clockwise to remove, and the left hand side counterclockwise. And reverse to tighten.

I think of it differently. I think that the spinner tightens when the wheel rolls forward. That is, as the wheel rolls forward, the spinner tends to stays in place, and tightens. So I image that motion, to know which way is tight, and which way is loose.

Same concept, just from a different perspective.