Alec Pringle Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 " For interest I haven't found many if any cars in competition used steels instead of wires. If not why not you might expect a steel wheel to be stronger but the wire has more flexibility." The 1950s Stanpart steel wheels were of riveted construction, rim to centre, and had a nasty tendency to self destruct, as in centre pulling out of the rim under pressure of hard cornering. Cheers Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley James Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Bentleys too Alec, my son has a customer whose crack around the wheel studs as they also did. Bristol too had the problem and also Morris Minors, but I believe wire wheels had almost stopped being made then too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trtwo Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 was there not a revised 'beefed up' version of the steels which dealt with the failure issue, if memory serves the original were J and the upgraded J...something else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 The very early TR2 wheels evidently fell apart for a pastime, subsequent production was adequate for road use but prone to failure in competition - not that 48 spoke wires were that much better, but lighter . . . . The J suffix refers to the rim bead seat configuration, an international standard designation as opposed to a Standard Triumph code. Cheers Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trtwo Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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