MarkGregory
Nov 17, 2020
Wire Wheels
Dave Marshall brought up a good point about the Royale wheels.Here are some questions and replies.As to your question about who made the wire wheels on the Reo Royales? It was Motor Wheel with a part number of 20881. The number may have been stamped inside the wheel when new but now may have either rusted over or worn off. Would anyone be able to help identify the holes in this 1931 Reo Royale according to information received they were made by “Reo 18-inch 6.50s used Cleveland Welding wheels. The 6.00 18-inch was MotorWheel. Also the two studs at the bottom and other locations we assume were for weights to balance the wheel. There is three small holes around the hub to drain water when the hubcap was installed ? The seven others are for the mounting bolts.There is a extra hole in the hub which could be ?Hole for locater pin to preserve hub/wheel balance if wheel was removed? I know in the days when we balanced tires by slightly loosening wheel bearings, hand spinning and weighting out heavy spots, we always marked the hub to wheel and tire to valve stem /wheel before removing to preserve balance on installation.
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