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harpy:
Hi everyone, I am a first time owner of a C5.   It came with rotten tyres and is quite grey in colour. I have been scrubbing with everything i have read on the forum but its still grey. Did they make grey ones? I would hate to scrub for months only to find they also came in grey.
The other more important problem is, i have fitted the front tyre and motor side tyre with ease,but i cant figure how to get the offside/brake side wheel off. It looks so easy but i must be missing something. I took the nut off and thats it. According to a stripdown on Utube the bloke said behind the nut is another which he uses a spanner on. On my one it is totally smooth,no way of undoing it. Am i going mad,or is this normal and there is a trick to removing it. I really would apreciate some help on this .
Thanks, Ray. (harpy) ps.got the tyres from c5alive,ever so quick delivery.

KarlG:
Hi Harpy,

a photo would help more than your description.

C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER:
Hi there I might be the Bloke on youtube doing the stripdown . (JORDAN8ISH)   Anyway on the right hand side wheel .There is one large nut on the end then one taped nut that goes into the bearing cage You have to remove both before you can take the wheel off .

harpy:
Thanks for the replies,  i have no idea how to post a picture on here,infact i am amazed i am doing this at my age. I will try and get someone to post a picture for me.
Yes you are the bloke on utube, and very good it is.I have studied it several times and you definately use a spanner for the second nut. My one is just smooth,no evidence of ever having flats for a spanner. All i can get on it is pointed nose pliers but they just slip as it is so smooth. Do you think it may be on the wrong way,as the taper is towards the outside?The wheel turns OK.
Maybe someone has modified it,although it was one owner from new and stored for donkeys years.
Hoping for a solution, Ray.

KarlG:
As far as the true colour is concerned it's not Persil whiter than white  :D but more of an old English white.  ;)

If you check the under the inside of the bodywork (above the pedals) you will be able to detect the original colour.

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