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posted by  volvosfive on  Wed Jul 14 13:27 CST 2004
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Hi Everyone,

I've got a couple of bent wheels on my '89 740 GLE 16V. It's got the big 15" wheels that look similar to the ones found on the 740's with the 14" GLE rims. I was wondering if I can use 14 " GLE rims on this car that had 15" wheels. I'd really like to just find a set of 740 turbo rims for it since they look nice.

Thanks!
Dave








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    740 wheels 700

    posted by  someone claiming to be spongemonster on  Thu Jul 15 00:50 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    Hmm I have the same car but a 1990. If you have abs the 14's are a no go. My 15 inch Virgos off my 245 didn't fit because of the large abs calipers.
    James








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    740 wheels 700

    posted by  someone claiming to be kane on  Wed Jul 14 14:07 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    You mean these, right? They're Rigels.



    If you have big brakes up front, then 14" won't work.

    Stick with 15" rims. Turbo rims (Draco) will come sooner or later, though if you do want to stick with the look, I have a set to rid of.

    -- Kane ... who can't login right now otherwise - I'm not at home.








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      740 wheels 700

      posted by  volvosfive on  Wed Jul 14 16:04 CST 2004
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      Yeah, those are ones. I guess those wheels are OK. I may have found a set of 15" draco wheels. I really like the turbo look. Two of my current wheels are bent.

      Thanks for the info!
      Dave








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        740 wheels (Rigels, bent) 700 1989

        posted by  FitzFitzgerald on  Wed Jul 14 16:45 CST 2004
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        You actually bent not one, but two Rigels? I thought those were supposed to be some of the strongest wheels available for a 200/700/900 series Volvo. -and they're a lot stronger than the Draco (700 Turbo) or Virgo (200 Turbo) 5-spoke wheels. Did you hit a curb head on at 25 mph or something? I curious as to what incident managed to damage them.

        God bless, and I hope you find an affordable set of Dracos.
        Fitz Fitzgerald.
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        '87 Blue 240 Wagon, 242k miles.








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          740 wheels (Rigels, bent) 700 1989

          posted by  volvosfive on  Wed Jul 14 17:06 CST 2004
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          I too am curious as to what would bend those wheels like that. I just bought the car about a month ago and cannot get those two rear wheels to quit shaking. I put 'em on the front and it shook so bad that I couldn't drive above 35 mph. The tires are OK and I had them balanced. The guys at the tire place said that they were bent. It would be great if I could use these for now and save $$ instead of buying draco wheels. Do you think these wheels really are bent? I don't know what else it could be since the shaking follows the wheels when I switch them to the front.

          Cheers,
          Dave








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            740 wheels (Rigels, bent) 700 1989

            posted by  FitzFitzgerald on  Wed Jul 14 17:36 CST 2004
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            It's easy to test for a bent wheel. Put the wheel to be tested on one of the front positions (since there's no drive axle), and spin the wheel. The steering column should be locked tightly in one direction, and you can stack wood or blocks or something near to the tire on the ground. Have a piece of wood or a bar coming off the short stack of stuff and have it almost touching the outside lip of the wheel (at it's larges diameter), -not the tire, just the wheel rim. Spin the wheel and watch the relationship to the wheel lip and the reference bar and see if the distance changes. Check this against the specs from Volvo of the maximum permissable change/runout (it's in some of the Volvo Green service manuals).

            Also, make sure that the contact surfaces between the wheel and the hub/axle is perfectly clean. I have a set of Dersus rims with my snow tires and I had to do some gentle filing at one point last year. This was to remove the Aluminum Oxide corrosion that had built up from the long drives in salt/slush. A good file will allow you to scrape away the aluminum corrosion that's stuck to the hub/rotor, and also to clean up any bubbling/blistering on the contact surface of the wheel. Be anal about this process, since 1/10 of a milimeter at the hub/rotor is significant enough to pass/fail the wheel when you run the test. The exposed Aluminum will be porous, and I applied a very light coating of high-temp brake grease to the contact surface on the wheel, and it's keeping the corrosion from further developing. If you've come this far, I would also advise pulling the rotor and cleaning the mating surface between the hub and the rotor itself.

            God bless,
            Fitz Fitzgerald.
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            '87 Blue 240 Wagon, 242k miles.








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              740 wheels (Rigels, bent) 700 1989

              posted by  volvosfive on  Thu Jul 15 03:27 CST 2004
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              I'll try and test those wheels to see if they're really bent. Now that I think of it, it looks like someone has hit a curb or something with this car because the front edge of the rocker panel is dented in and the jack point is pushed back. Maybe that's what happened to the wheel.

              Thanks for the input.

              Dave








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                740 wheels (Rigels, bent) 700 1989

                posted by  Andrew in AL on  Fri Jul 16 03:10 CST 2004
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                That is easy to do to the lower body (have done it myself from running over a curb).

                It sounds as if you had not really noticed it before - and to me that would indicate a not that bad situation - hence maybe your wheels are ok.

                Good luck
                --
                '94 940T (160K) , '92 745T (200K+)







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