Talk:Centerlock wheel
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Some sources for expanding this article
[edit]Just putting this list of sources here that can be used to flesh out the early history of centerlock/knock-off wheels. I'm going to work on expanding this article but these sources are here in case other editors want to take advantage of them as well. Most of these focus on early "knock-off" wheels/hubs, particularly the first versions introduced by Rudge-Whitworth. Also, a couple about contemporary centerlocks used in racing.
- https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2001/41/r-u-d-g-e-whit-worth-hub
- https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a28133/lost-art-the-smiting-of-the-knockoffs/
- https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/rudge-whitworth/
- https://jalopnik.com/rudge-knock-off-wheels-drive-vintage-german-sports-car-1831386422
- https://viaretro.com/2019/07/centerlock-wheel-nuts-with-and-without-wings/
- https://us.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-center-locking-wheels-nut/4711048/
- https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/03/02/nascar-single-lug-nut-design-wheel-next-gen-car/
- https://www.velospinner.com/blogs/news/what-are-center-lock-wheels
I'm waiting on copies of Carroll Smith's Prepare to Win and Engineer to Win, which I believe may be good technical sources for writing about modern centerlock wheels/hubs. If anybody has those on the shelf it may be worth flipping through them for relevant material. Prova MO (talk) 17:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- The Carroll Smith books were, surprisingly, useless on this topic. It would be nice to find a reliable, technically focused source describing the design and mechanism of a typical modern (non-splined) centerlock hub. Prova MO (talk) 17:18, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The following should be a decent starting place to describe modern street car usage of centerlock wheels, specifically Porsche's implementation of the locking-pin to prevent loosening.
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5211448A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US4690462A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US7922258B2/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US6106076A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190111729A1/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US9073387B2/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US5431485A/en
- https://patents.google.com/patent/US9688098B2/en
- http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/wheel_gun_wheel_nut.html
- https://press.porsche.com/prod/presse_pag/PressResources.nsf/Content?ReadForm&languageversionid=68197
IPBilly (talk) 23:32, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- Located a couple of images showing the red and blue wheel nuts for the Carrera GT. Red on the left side of the car (right hand thread) and blue on the right side of the car (left hand thread).
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