Wheel spacers
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Wheel spacers
After a lof of headache I finally determined the front end vibration was caused by these wheel spacers. I removed them and the truck is smooth as glass now. I do however need a set for the 06 F350 wheels I run. These were on the truck when I bought them. I believe these are hub centric. Does anyone recognize them? I do not see any part numbers stamped or " made in China ". 
There is a number I can see shown in the last picture. They appear to be a quality part, but clearly they are NOT!
There is a number I can see shown in the last picture. They appear to be a quality part, but clearly they are NOT!
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The proper hubcentric wheel adapters will have a ring on them that the rims center on. And if you want the safest adapters possible, buy the steel ones and dont look back.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...05-wheels.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...05-wheels.html
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Those spacers you have center themselfs on the hubs, by looking at the rust ring in them, by the wheel side of them is made for lug centric wheels like alot of aftermarket wheels are.
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Our trucks are all hub centric so I would go with that setup. Many aftermarket wheels are lug centric because they like the one size fits all concept and they don't have to worry about fitting so much.
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there have been 0 tests done on aluminum vs steel spacers. The people who ive talked to with aluminum have good reviews and I personally have nothing bad to say about them. I have had the aluminum ebay spacers on for 3 months and towed with 0 problems.
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Having 8 lugs should help a lot also.
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I used 3 inch aluminum spacers on a E300 to run dually wheels on it, I towed all the time, had 0 issues. I have nothing bad to say about the aluminum spacers. The ones I used where lug centric too.
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Just sounds scary to me, especially since I have to trust the life of my family to keeping my wheels on my truck at highway speeds! Thats why I spent the extra bit of money and bought the lug & hub centric steel adapters to run my 20" wheels.
I'm not knocking what you guys are doing, but its a chance i'm not willing to take. I pray that nothing ever happens to you guys running the cheaper aluminum ones.
I'm not knocking what you guys are doing, but its a chance i'm not willing to take. I pray that nothing ever happens to you guys running the cheaper aluminum ones.
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Show me one instance of aluminum spacers failing and I will bow down to the notion that they are as good. Until then it's just people like you believing the scary tactics that the companies that make the steel ones use.
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