EFA Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 How do you do these up??? Any socket fouls the wheel spokes. Arnie Webb So fat the chassis snapped....wink.gif See Fat Arnies 2 piece Seven here See the Le Mans Trip Website here See the Lotus Seven Club North Kent Website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfreeman Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Edited by - pfreeman on 18 Jul 2001 15:08:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfreeman Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 I had to buy a super special thin socket to fit ! Bought it from Halfords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Arnie ...... R500 owners dont do their wheel nuts up ........ they get "their mechanic " to do all that stuff wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FH Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Mechanic question.gif Nah!!!!! FH AKA - "Oily Rag" wink.gif p.s. Arnee - what with all these R500 bits you're adding to your Voxoil, it'll soon need that R500 NOT plate presently owned by an enterprising gentleman from the Far East teeth.gif teeth.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted July 18, 2001 Author Share Posted July 18, 2001 FH actually it if were to fit R500 wheels to my car I'd also have to fit the plate R500 SUX..... However.....they are not for my car, but part of fiendish plan...... Paul, Was the socket you purchased 6 sided instead of the normal 12?? Also what size was it as R500 nuts are neither 19mm or 20mm AF, but somwhere in between. Seeing as they are on metric studs I find this a little strange... Arnie Webb So fat the chassis snapped....wink.gif See Fat Arnies 2 piece Seven here See the Le Mans Trip Website here See the Lotus Seven Club North Kent Website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonpa Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Arnie, I use a long 3/8" drive socket (one of the Ha****ds professional ones). As you say, normal wheelbraces don't fit sad.gif I think it was a standard 19mm - may have been a 6-sided one. Are you at the Wooton hatch tomorrow? Simon PS - what's your cunning plan question.gif Edited by - simonpa on 18 Jul 2001 16:58:01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted July 18, 2001 Author Share Posted July 18, 2001 As a matter of fact I may drop in at the WH tomorrow on my way home from the office..... Sorry, Cunning plan is classified...... Arnie Webb So fat the chassis snapped....wink.gif See Fat Arnies 2 piece Seven here See the Le Mans Trip Website here See the Lotus Seven Club North Kent Website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyDave Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Arnie - I use a draper 19mm 12 sided socket It fits nicely - but you are right they are a real bugger to fit, they also don't fit through the holes very easily either! BTW some of the R500 owners are beards just like the rest of you - so enough banter OK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 I use a snap-on 19 mm thin wall impact socket on mine. Even then I found that it had to be spun in the lathe to fit. To expand the thread a little, are people having trouble with the nuts and washers fitting in the wheels ? I find the tollerances are so fine that the nuts sometimes go tight even with an impact wrench even though the nut hasn't seated home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richens Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 My highly professional Halfords 19mm socket fits fine thanks on the wheels but I do find that the nuts are very soft and can lose metal easily ( have had to replace a couple in a year's use). R500 driver/gumby mechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfreeman Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 I find that the nuts are pretty crap. I have the set of R500 wheels that came with the car, and then a set of SLR rims with slicks. The SLR rims always go on very easily, but the R500 nuts are a real pig to get on. I've got plenty of the R500 nuts as they are very easy to make a mess of. Copper grease makes things a bit easier too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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