Winter wheel fitting problem

[Craig]

Checked and Cooper S has 307mm disc size on the front and Coop has 294 so 13mm diff which may cause an issue with wheels fitting, but I've never put 16's on an S CM... :)

[Angib]

....can't get them to fit the SD.

Only early SD models have Cooper S 294mm diameter discs (I am told) whereas all recent SDs come with just Cooper 280mm diameter discs. A daft piece of cost cutting as the SD, with plenty of torque and not much engine braking, definitely needs better brakes than those. However at least it is dead easy to convert an SD to 294mm discs using OEM parts. It's not particularly cheap, though if new pads and discs are needed, the extra cost is small.

316mm discs are from a JCW - I've never heard of 307mm.

[Neil - TXJ]

Neil, once you sort the centre bore issue, make sure there is no powder coat on the back of the hub part of the wheel, cos once it is against the hub of the car and heats up, it goes like concrete !! Lesson I learned some years ago. Wire brush the back of the hub back to the metal

I'm sure they will fit once you have cleaned the bore out. There really is no difference between the cars.

Got it sorted thanks with a bit if help from Mr King - just needed a bit more force!

Have put grease (can't remember its proper name) between wheel so hope this also helps with getting them off come spring.

[zimbo]

Have put grease (can't remember its proper name) between wheel so hope this also helps with getting them off come spring.

That will be Copper Grease then

[Angib]

That will be Copper Grease then

But not Cooper Grease.......