Thread: Gav's 101.

usually a better turning circle....

Well the tyres are off the rims and now I have the long job of splitting the plates from the old hoops. Will tray and get this done after work this week so I can get the new hoops fitted and the new tyres on ASAP.

Old tyres are in good condition and will hopefully sell quickly as I don’t have the room to store them - there’s an ad in the markets as well as Gumtree for these.

No going back now... 😁

Before this you thought your lathe was big enough ,

I usually drill through the spot welds or grind away /punch out the rivets .

Well it is easy enough to drill and punch the rivets - took about 10 minutes to do the first wheel - for those that have done this I’m guessing the hoop is shrunk onto the plate so it won’t come out easy - I would have liked to have kept the original hoops but I’m guessing I may have to run a grinder through them to free the plate? I don’t want to wail on the plate so hard I’ll distort it getting it out, I think the grinder would be easy but any other ideas before I turn the old ones into scrap?

Originally Posted by Homestar

Well it is easy enough to drill and punch the rivets - took about 10 minutes to do the first wheel - for those that have done this I’m guessing the hoop is shrunk onto the plate so it won’t come out easy - I would have liked to have kept the original hoops but I’m guessing I may have to run a grinder through them to free the plate? I don’t want to wail on the plate so hard I’ll distort it getting it out, I think the grinder would be easy but any other ideas before I turn the old ones into scrap?

The 16" wheels I had done the diameter (well) where the centre plate fits is smaller than the diameter on the 16" Landy rims so they had to turn down the Landy centre to fit the new hoops , so don't be concerned about bodging them a bit. Put a block of wood in the centre and bash them out with a couple of wallops of sledge hammer . I suppose with the rarity of 101 centres a bit more finesse is justified.


Ive also taken the centres out of Landcruiser split rims and inserted to 16" x 6" hoops (non split rims) , they had to take a considerable amount from the outer diameter of the Tojo centers .

Thanks - I’ve given them quite a pounding with a block of hardwood against the lip with a mash hammer - the centre didn’t budge even a fraction of a mm. I could put the rivets straight back in the holes they came out of at the moment. They aren’t rusty either, just extremely tight hence my wondering if I need to cut the old hoop off. I’m thinking if I run the grinder through the hoop across the rim it should almost come apart with a bang if there’s tension on them.

Do you have a press?

Not here no. When I need one I use my mates workshop but that’s 30 minutes away. Thought about this but again - is that going to warp the plate if I need to put that much pressure on it to get it out?