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How can you tell when the wire wheels are at the end of their life?
The series I-IV hubs are different from the V hubs in the back. The taper of the axle is slightly smaller on the earlier hubs so they won't fit all the way down on the later axle. The out diameter is also slightly smaller so the seal won't seat snugly against the. I have the measurements around here somewhere, I'll see if I can dig them up. You can also use the measurements from the bolt on hubs where they go on the axle, they're the same. Wheels themselves are the same across all series.
As for wear on the wheels, they're harder to tell since you can't see the splines quite like the hubs. But they shouldn't feel sharp of you reach inside. And if you look with a light they may seem "short". Best advice is to always swap them as pairs, either both new or both from the same spot on the same car when used.
As noted above, keep them as pairs and only rotate them every couple hundred miles or so, always with no skipping to minimize differences in wear patterns. Most will never do this so my advice has always tended to be just never rotate them. Most of our cars aren't going to get enough use anyway for slightly increased tire wear to be an issue before age starts to become one.
The series I-IV hubs are different from the V hubs in the back. The taper of the axle is slightly smaller on the earlier hubs so they won't fit all the way down on the later axle. The out diameter is also slightly smaller so the seal won't seat snugly against the. I have the measurements around here somewhere, I'll see if I can dig them up. You can also use the measurements from the bolt on hubs where they go on the axle, they're the same. Wheels themselves are the same across all series.
Barry,
WSM 124 also states on the page opposite the index page:
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Don,
Do you have anything to indicate that the wheel width information shown in the WSM's is wrong or that Rootes changed the wheel width specifications shown in the WSM's?