Manky Monkey Motors

Hi manky i seem to recall making either wheel adapters to convert from 4 to 5 stud or was it a propshaft adaptor to change the pitch of holes,any how can you remember what mateirial they where and how thick it was im making similar adaptors for CJ.

Doug made a pair of wheel adaptors for my Moggy Minor to convert from 4 to 4 1/2" PCD but that was a million years ago when he owned his own business.
Did you make a similar set for Simon's black Reliant? He's running 5 spoke Revolutions from an old Capri, which would be 4 1/2" Ford pattern so must've been adapted to the Reliant's 4" PCD.
They were powder-coated mild steel & about an inch thick -enough to recess the heads of the wheel bolts down flush.

Cheers manky thanks for the memory jog i see it all now said the blind man.

Me jogging some one else's memory?! That's a first!

Saddlebags.
A question for you. I have a Subaru sumo mini van engine/gearbox back end which I am slowly turning into a trike.
The stud PCD is 100mm on the sub, and I have some Nissan Z240 ally wheels with 4 1/2 inch PCD which I would like to fit on it.
Now I have already got one front hub off a Bedford Rascal van, which I cut by hand to make an adaptor, which happens to be 4 1/2 inch PCD. The four disc mounting holes are 100 mm, but the slots where the bolt heads would have to sit need machining out, if you get what I mean.
If I get another hub, would you be able to take some metal out for me, and how much would you want to do it?

Cheers.Doug

I think i know what you mean but i'd need a sketch to be sure but it sounds like a £20er to me, are you local to basingstoke?

I've got another job for you too mate.
Brock, (my brother Steve), needs a part for his drag car. I'll be in touch once he's emailed me a sketch.

No worries look forward to hearing from you.

Not really mate. I'm in the next country ;D but I could post them.
There is is no big hurry as I have to buy one more rascal hub. I would have had two but I was still trying to get the hub off the van as the scrappy was loading it on his wagon, and had to let it go in the end.
I will probably be coming back to Oxford around xmas, so I could nip over then.

I will take a picture in the morning. Thanks.

Look forward to hearing from you, if you have any other parts you need looking at we'll sort them at the same time cheers Scott.

Scott.
Please see attached pic.
What I have in mind is to bore out the shoulders of the mounting holes, approx 5-10mm, so that there is enough room for the nuts to be tightened up.

Hold your horses, this might help. ;D

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Nice to see my 'back-of-fag-packet' blueprint getting some air!

Nice work mate, it seems to be doing the rounds.

Hey guys, just what i'm looking for, wheel adapter plans. I can now see how they go!!!! :)
Thanks for posting them.
Regards
Keith

That's just what we made for...I've forgotten! Saddlebags' boss Doug the Slug, slowest engineer in the World, made us a set, eventually, but I can't remember who for!
Might have been Simon's black Reliant as seen in the frame building chapters. Instead of wheel studs though I used high tensile bolts. Screwed them in till they were 5mm from the back of the adaptor, welded them in from the back, then cut the heads off to form permanently fixed studs. 

Thanks Wulfgar. Copied and filed.

Hi Doug whether you want new adaptors made or your old ones modded its no problem whenever your ready give me a shout cheers Scott.

Ta.
I have my eye on a Rascal van on someones drive. Got to catch the owner when they are about.