This type of wheel has following benefits: In these type of wheels, the loose flange and the lock ring has to be removed first to remove the tyre and these rims will be used only by tubed wheels. Rather, flat based rims are generally used which may be of 2 piece/3 piece/4 piece or 5 piece in construction. Therefore,the well rims are not used for them. Some holes or slots are generally provided in the wheel disc in order to allow the air to the inner side of the disc for better cooling of the brake drum.Įspecially for heavier vehicles like trucks, buses etc.which are bulkier and doesn't fit in the well region. The wheel is fitted along with the tyre onto the axle by tightening nuts onto the mounting studs which are fixed on the flange. The steel disc is used for the functioning of spokes. It is possible to pass the tyre over the opposite edges of the rim, when the bead of the tyre is resting in the well. It is possible to mount or remove the tyre from the wheel with the help of well only, else it is not possible. Took him a good minute to get the shocked look off his face.Pressed Steel Disc Wheel Diagram, Mechanical E-notes Without a word I stood up, took the lug bolt out of my pocket and placed it on the table in front of him. Put it in my jeans pocket and forgot about it the rest of the day.Īt dinner with friends discussing that days tour, the owner of the 30 Club Sedan in my first picture above said he was bummed because he had lost a lug bolt some where on the tour. Opened the door and reached down to pick up one of the special long lug bolts of a Motor Wheel demountable wood wheel. No traffic so I slowed and pulled up to it. And the wire wheel lug bolts are about half the length of the wood wheel lug bolts.įollowing a NY State back-roads tour as the breakdown vehicle, as I slowed to make a left turn I saw a glint of sliver in the middle of the road. Same with the Motor wheel wood and wire, they used different length lug bolts - curving taper under the hex head of the wood wheel type, and flat washer shape under the hex head wire wheel type. The general pubic never saw the cars of the salons as you could attend by invitation only. The 60 page souvenir catalogs from the custom body salons are an amazing source for information and the salons were all focused on the "upper crust' population who had the $ to spend on custom built cars. Easier to clean as well! Here is an advertisement by Motor wheel in the 1929 souvenir catalog for the Chicago custom body salon ( the first salon for Chicago for 1929, there were two - one in January, the later one in November) note that the wood and wire wheel interchange on one hub comment in the ad. I am most familiar with the 1931-33 era Franklin for that and they - if painted, not varnished natural wood color, personally to me look better then wire wheels. I agree, the wood wheel with the short spoke of the 1930-35 era is just superb. The Franklins that Paul showed us are exquisite. And I am not going to listen to any whimpering that "they should have saved a tree". Open fenders and blackwalls really give a special touch to the beauty and elegance of the lucky car which rides on timber. The short stout spokes with large hubs may be an anachronistic throwback, but in the minds of some, antiquity is the draw. I particularly love the look of a Well-done wood wheel from the early '30s. I believe the 1930 Chrysler CJ6 had both the wire or wood de-mountable wheels to use on the same hub. I know of several cars that had multiple sets of wheels when new.owners liked to switch between wheel style and white walls back then also. PS- Steel disk wheels were popular from about 1924 to 1930.and they too went out of fashion. Wooden wheels were still available as late as the 1934 model year on Pierce Arrow, but they were considered old fashioned by then. So the ad was aimed at both the dealer and the retail public. Many car owners were familiar with the wood artillery wheels, and knew they were often better than the steel wheels that could and often did crack. Third.you could swap wheels among all the cars on the dealership floor, thus making a quick sale if the car didn’t have the desired wheels on it. It also was rather a new concept for a steel artillery at the time. The ad was three fold.to explain you could run a wood or steel artillery & and wire spoke all from the SAME hub, which was something that was just coming into being at the time.no need to change spindles or brake drums like you would have to do on earlier cars.
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