scootz
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:13 PM |
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Centre-Lock Wheels... Again!
Generally speaking, how many 'pegs' SHOULD engage the holes in the wheel?
I only ask as all the sets I've seen have 8 peg holes in the wheels, but I've never seen 8 pegs on the hub!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:25 PM |
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how many holes are there in the hub? if you had a huge engine in a huge heavy truck then you might use all 8 but I doubt a normal engine could shear
just one.
[Edited on 30/9/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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richardlee237
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:36 PM |
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These are on a GT40. Looks like 5 pins
 
GT 40 Hubs
Quote Lord Kelvin
“Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.”
Quote Richard Lee
"and cars"
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scootz
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 02:38 PM |
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I have 8 pegs... (hopefully) 850kg and (hopefully) 450bhp.
It wasn't so much the worry of shearing the pegs - it was more about spreading the stress through the mag wheels!
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mr henderson
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 02:50 PM |
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Perhaps the idea with the extra holes is that when you've ovalised some of the holes, you can move the wheel round a bit and engage in some
fresh ones?
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scootz
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 03:45 PM |
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Good thinking bat-man, erm... sorry, Mr Henderson!
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MikeR
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 06:38 PM |
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perhaps the 8 pegs are there to cover different peg spacings like multi hole wheels?
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lsdweb
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 07:54 PM |
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Four on mine (180BHP and 351kg) - the wheels have loads of holes but that's so that they line up with the pegs no matter where the wheel is
positioned - for speed of wheel changes.
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Chippy
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 10:23 PM |
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I have no idea, but, a normal wheel is held on by, (usually), four or five bolts, so it would seem to me that four or five pegs, (if they fitted
well), would be the same. The centre nut should have a torque setting high enough to retain the wheel, or at least that's how I see it. Cheers
Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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