RE: [Chrysler300] Need Help From Owners of 300s with 14 Inch Wheels

["Darrin Bailey" <Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recall the same clicking sound and cover movement on my 1966, with 14"
wheels.  I would have to realign the wheelcover weekly or it would cut
off the valve stem.  No bumps were on these wheels.  However, the
problem only occurred with radial tires, not with the bias ply.
Something to do with flexing of the radial tire.

Darrin P. Bailey Sr. 
Senior Insurance Examiner 
Virginia Bureau of Insurance 
(804) 371-9173 
Darrin.Bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 


-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of rob kern
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:31 PM
To: Chrysler 300 Club; Bill Leahy; Tim Tomlinson; Tony Rinaldi
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Need Help From Owners of 300s with 14 Inch
Wheels

Tony,
    My C wheels do not have the retention bumps.  I noticed some
wheelcover 
rotation placing some torque on the valve stem on one of the wheels and 
thought that the wheelcover claws needed to be bent outwards to increase
the 
grab on the wheel. I did this about 25 miles ago and so far so good. I 
monitor each wheel after driving her to see if there is any cover
travel. 
Bump wheels designed to prohibit this would be greatly appreciated.  I 
remember as a kid the "wheelcover creeper" sound made by my buddy's
dad's 
Plymouth. I thought he had something clicking against the wheelcover but
my 
father said that it was the wheelcover creeping. ROB KERN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Rinaldi" <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chrysler 300 Club" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Bill Leahy" 
<bleahy@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Tim Tomlinson" <tomlin@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:01 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] Need Help From Owners of 300s with 14 Inch Wheels


> Hi to all,
>
> We are progressing well with the 1960 F 14 inch wheels with retention 
> bumps.
> These bumps are only for correctness and to retain regular 1960
Chrysler
> hubcaps. 300-F hubcaps have claws and do no need these bumps. The
claws 
> miss
> the bumps by design.
>
> Our 2 test mules Bill Leahy and Tim Tomlinson for 1957 etc and 1964,
> respectively, are waiting for "bumpless wheels".
>
> Tim has brought out the point that there is a rotating hubcap problem
with
> 1964. The hubcaps can shear off the valve stems. Chrysler had 2 little

> anti
> rotational small bumps that were on each side of the inner wheel on
either
> side of the valve stem hole.
>
> Please check your 1957 thru 1964 14 inch wheels and report back to the

> list
> with the measurement between the centers of the 2 small
anti-rotational
> bumps if you DO have these 2 small bumps on your "original" wheels.
Also, 
> if
> your "original" wheels DO NOT have these, please let us know.
>
> Probably 1965 thru 1968 14 inch wheels would also help.
>
> If there is consistency thru the years, we can make this 14 inch wheel
> project work for other than 1960.
>
> REPLY ALL so that we all may follow.
>
> The anti-rotational bumps can be viewed as the last picture labeled
"small
> bumps" on the following web page.
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/awrdoc/PhotoAlbum5.html
>
> Photo courtesy of Paul Holgrem.
>
> Thank you,
> Tony
>
>
>
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