The 289 Register

I’ve always wired mine with visible slack so any movement can be eyeballed quickly. As you know the wire is not meant to hold the spinner tight, merely to indicate potential looseness.
Simon

I found Gillingham to be firm but fair. If like me you hung a pair of fog and reversing lights under the rear valance, make sure you don’t just rely on the mechanical friction of the bolts holding them in position. The tester put my car up on the ramp, walked underneath and as he did so, tapped both...

Doubt it very much, probable best to order something like this....

My garage floor is not particularly smooth so with the rear wheels chocked, raising the front creates an “arc” as the Jack tends to get stuck on the uneven floor, I’m a bit reluctant to just use the jack pad. It’s a big old weight of car to drop on your head! I might try and have something made up. ...

Has anybody ever made themselves up one for lifting the front of their Hawk?
I've always jacked the front of the car by using a jack and several blocks of wood under the front X member, but it's a tad precarious. any ideas before I get something made up?
Simon

Good idea.
I’ve just removed my rear wheels, taken off the adaptors fixed with medium strength thread lock and re-fitted them with high strength thread lock........once (nearly) bitten and all that....

Simon

Yes, the adaptor is bolted to the wheel (or not)
Simon

The spinner was really tight and held in place with lockwire. As soon as the bolts fell out and I braked,, the disc stopped but the wheel continued to turn as it had the weight of the car to deal with. The turning motion unscrewed the spinner and spat it off.

My mistake, they are M12 bolts. I take full responsibility for this. The PO may possibly have never loctited the bolts in the first place! When I took both front wheels off, there were only 4 in the other side. The adaptors are now secured with longer, high tensile bolts (6 each side!) and torqued u...

Thanks, sorted with size now, 7/16ths UNF
Simon