Re: [Amc-list] Wheel Stuff

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Joe,
   Any tire shop with a spin balancer should have a width checker.
It's a plastic/resin caliper that tells width without dissmounting the tire.
They should be able to check it right on the car. All you should need to do is turn the wheelout to lock and  pop the caliper over it and check.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I said earlier that I had a bent wheel on my 77
> Gremlin (14 inch steel wheels).  That was after I
> powdercoated the wheels so I wasted $50 on that wheel.
>  One lives and hopefully learns I guess.
> 
> I need to replace that wheel.  Problem is, I don't
> know how wide the wheel is and have no way of
> measuring accurately unless I take it back to the tire
> shop and have them use their wheel calipers or
> dismount the tire and measure the wheel.  Looks like
> I'll be making a trip to the tire shop. 
> 
> I have AMC 14 x 5 1/2 inch wheels here at home but I
> don't have any 5 inch or 6 inch wheels which the TSM
> says were used on the 77 models.  I did measure the
> back spacing on these wheels (14 x 5 1/2) and found
> that it is 3 3/4 inches.  The 14 x 5 1/2 inch wheels
> came from a 69 Javelin.
> 
> I also have some 14 x 6 Ford wheels but the center
> hole is too small to fit the disk brake AMC hubs.  I
> had heard this before, but I proved it today.  
> 
> I'm trying to get ready to drive to the southern
> Nevada AMC show later this month and will need to
> determine my wheel width and hopefully get another
> wheel powdercoated before the meet.  My cheap
> powdercoater went out of business and the two shops I
> checked wanted $80 and $125 respectively to sand blast
> and powdercoat one wheel.  I could just paint another
> wheel, if I can find one, but the powdercoating on the
> other three wheels looks so nice and is so durable
> that I'm spoiled.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA 
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