Wheels & Tyres; Splined Hubs; Preparing Wheels; Fitting Wheels - Suffolk SS100 Build Manual

SS100 Build Manual (Export Edition)
angle drive unit. If you need the latter please contact Suffolk Sportscars.
Feed the cable from the gearbox to the rear of the dash via a suitable route taking care to meet the minimum
radius requirement. The cable will either need to come through a slot in the gearbox cover or can go through
the bulkhead, if the later make sure there is enough length to reach the speedometer.
6 Wheels & tyres
You will need the following parts for this operation:
• 18" 72 spoke wheels specially made for the Suffolk SS100 (5)
• 550 x 18 cross ply tyres, wheel bands and tubes, fitted (5)
Note : Wheel bands fit in the rim to protect the tube from the spoke fixings, as rim tape on a bicycle.

• Splined hubs (5)

• Spinners with SS logo (5)
• Hide & copper mallet
• Dummy 15" brake drums (4)
• Wheelnuts from donor (early type) - (20)
6.1 Splined hubs
Fit 4 splined hubs and the 4 dummy brake drums to the hubs and secure each with 5 wheel nuts using
Loctite and tighten to 75ft-lbs. You will have two types of hubs; two right hand and here left hand the third
left hand being for the spare wheel. If using your own donor wheel nuts these may need shortening so they
don't catch on the inside of the wire wheels, contact Suffolk Sportscars if unsure or if you need yours
exchanged for ready shortened nuts.
6.2

Preparing wheels

If wheels have been painted it is very important to remove any paint from the internal splines, the internal
taper which mates with the hub, and the external taper which mates with the spinner. Failure to do this can
cause a wheel to seize preventing removal or can cause a spinner to loosen in service.
6.3

Fitting wheels

Grease the splines, tapers and threads on each hub and locate wheels on the hubs. Grease the outer flange of
the wheels and inside the threaded part of the spinners before fitting.
Note: The offside hubs are left hand threaded and the nearside are right hand threaded.
Tighten each spinner by hand followed by the hide end of the mallet (i.e. tighten all spinners with a
downward stroke of the mallet on the spinner lug towards the rear of the car). The spare hub and spinner will
be fitted to the back of the car for the spare wheel later.
7

Body, doors and bonnet fitting

7.1 Body

GRP body shell with doors fitted on brass hinges**
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Dashboard stays (2) - from chassis kit
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Windscreen wiper motor mounting bracket
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Bonnet catch hooks, S/S with nuts & washers (4)
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7/16"UNF x 1" bolts & nyloc nuts (2)
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