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Subject:Re: Rhein 15" Alloy wheels
From:Greg Morrison
Date:Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:37:06 EDT

In a message dated 9/10/99 10:29:38 AM, tyg@OZ.NET wrote:

<<I had some problems fitting the rear wheels on my brake drums.  The wheels
hit a bolt head in two places on each wheel, ~1/4 by 1/2".  The guys at
Discount caught this and wouldn't install the wheels until I Dremeled a
couple of small divots in the back of each wheel.  Once my 20 minutes of
machine work was complete, these wheels installed with no further problems.
>>

Question:  When I switched to alloys I removed these two bolts from each rear
wheel and have had no problems.  Should I be worried?  Thanks!
Greg & Val
86.5 Camper Syncro WLE
79 Bug

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