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Thanks rhool but you got me at it now I will have to take the wheel off tomorrow but I am pretty certain that's not the hub as if it was there would be an awful lot of play around the stud.
When putting on the wheel it's such a struggle as there is no loosness and you have to get every stud perfectly lined up before you can slide the wheel onto the studs (I know you have to on any other car but there is always some movement on the wheels)there is no wiggling or shuffling got to be bang on.

There is sufficient wiggle room around the studs to allow the nuts to fit in (they are not small as sown in the photo below)

The whole point is that the extension/adapter takes the weight of the wheel so you can align the other four without needing the arms of a gorilla.

ronp wrote:

Just a point to note for whoever is going to manucacture them ..... one is longer than the other.
This is to allow the wheel to initially align up and sit on the longer aligner, then with a slight turn of the wheel to align up with the shorter one.

I've only ever used one, I generally have it at the top, and when you hang the wheel on the one, it naturally hangs in the right place, so you can just slide the wheel forward over the other studs, then it'll stay quite still while you get the wheel nuts engaged. I didn't see the need for two guides when I made mine.

 Richard


D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.



Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
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rrhool wrote:

I have made these in the past, for myself and a couple of other people. I find one aligner is more than good enough, with the tapered lead, it's really quite easy to get the wheels on and off. If you use them to take the wheels off, it stops you dropping the wheel on to the brake caliper or back plate

I could be persuaded to make a batch, if there was interest? I'll price up a batch of 25 and 50 and see how it looks.