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Quick question:

What is the thread size and count of Packard wheel lug bolts?

Reason I'd like to know is in regard to changing the set of wheels I have onto the '48 Limo chassis just to move it on and off the trailer.
Although I've been assured they'll fit, I'm not quite convinced and nervous as a result. I'm thinking some longer bolts of the same thread size and count may come in handy if I have to improvise. I didn't find anything in the way of bolts of the same size in my junk box so need to buy bolts of the right size. It'll be too late when we're at the chassis, it's literally in the midddle of nowhere, so I want to get things organised now.

I have the bolts in both 1/2-20 and 7/16-20, going from memory, and I believe the smaller size was from my 1940 110s but not sure. The lengths, though, are the same or very close to it.

Thanks Don,

I'm thinking it's likely to be the 1/2-20 because, as far as I know, no 110's are in this equation.

And tomorrow I intend to visit Lee Bros, a specialist fastener supplier here in Oz, with lug bolt in hand, to ensure I secure bolts with the right thread.

Hello Mal, Wheels for 2222 chassis are 15 X 700, Tyres 4 Ply.( 6 ply on taxicab and Custom Eight). Wheel studs are 9/16, 18 TPI, Torque recommended by Packard is 85 ft lbs. I have some wheel studs for you when you pick the car trailer up. PT

Peter,

Thanks, you're a stud!(pun intended)

Friday 7th September, 2018

Out in the garage getting "stuff" organised for Sundays trip to Bodalla to pick up the Limo chassis and engine when I got distracted. Distraction is quite easy for me and in this instance it concerned hubcaps, although I'm not sure I should give them that title after the comments in this thread!

I picked up 4 x '48 driver quality "hubcaps" for my Packard about a month back but they are smaller in diameter than the ones currently on the '50. The '48 caps are 10 & 1/8" outside diameter and cover just the center of the wheel while the '50 caps are 12 & 3/4" outside diameter and cover more of the wheel. The inside diameter for both is 7 & 1/2" and they both fit my '50's wheels . Not knowing there were different hubcaps for 22nd and 23rd Series Packards I turned to Big Kev's Packard Hub Cap and Wheel Cover Identification Guide in the Packard Literature and Manuals section of the Website which shows only 1 hubcap for 1946 to 1950 Standard and Super Eight Packards.

Attached is a screen shot from Big Kev's Guide together with a photo of my 2 different but similar habcaps. Can anyone shed some light on the different hubcaps?

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I believe that the smaller ones were Clipper and I've seen them on prewar Clippers but not sure about '46 and '47. There were actually at least three different ones for '48-'50, two with the same outside appearance and size but with different recesses to the back so we're not interchangeable even though they looked the same. There was a third that would interchange with one of those but it had the cloisonn? emblem. Looking at them from the side, one type had the flange recessed while the other had it more of less flush with the outer rim of the cover.

Thanks Don, that makes sense because the guy the hubcaps came from also had a 46/47 Clipper(I'm not up on any differences, so that's as close as I can get). Also looks like the Hubcap Guide is not infallible.

"Looking at them from the side, one type had the flange recessed while the other had it more of less flush with the outer rim of the cover."

Will have to inspect both caps tomorrow but I suspect they'll be much the same because they both fitted the wheel.

You're welcome and wish I could recall the specifics. I looked at those for sale in the Classified Ads of my own site below to see if I had specified when I listed them but I didn't other than to say that they fit 2201, 2202, 2211, 2222, some 2232, 2301 and 2302 along with all the Henney professional coaches from '48 to '54.

Don is right.
The small ones were used on the base model 6 & 8 cylinder Clippers from 1942 to 1947 as well as for the 2201 and 2220-40 in 1948.
Part number 379587.