Rostyle offset measurement
On leaving the tyre depot and negotiating the first bump in the road, there was a screeeech from the rear LHS wheel !! Arggggggh!! Thoughts turned to £££wasted, body work, slashed tyres etc.
However a call to Malcolm of Brown & Gammons (Top chap), revealed that later rostyles have a different offset compared with earlier cars. So I measured the offending wheel and the spare, only to find that there was 4.3mm difference !!!
A quick swap of wheels, front to back, and a thrash round town, driving as fast as I dare over speed humps, and, Robert is you father's brother !! problem solved !
Prior to this I thought that I had an off centre axle but now it is almost plum !!
I replaced a wheel 10 years ago for a recon one which must have been a "Late Rostyle" but with 165/14 tyres, showed no ill effect. This one is now the spare.
The moral: If you have changed to recon rostyles on a chrome bumper B, check the offset before you buy to ensure that you get the right wheels.The pictures below show a method for measuring the distance between the plane of the rear of the rim and the mounting flange.
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