Wheel Spacer
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From: Oregon-Take me wheeling..
Wheel Spacer
heres my new thing i was fooling with, what you all think about my spacer. i can make them for any pattern. and if i do it right......all i have to pay is materials cost, and no production fees. ie, i can mill it for free minus materials. needs some more measureing and demensioning, but ill have an update in the next few days. what do you all think. and yes....i know you can buy them...but theyre expensive....
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From: Oregon-Take me wheeling..
Originally posted by MustangGT221
Is that suppose to be a wheel spacer so the rim is spaced out further (like backspacing..)? If so, I don't suggest it. That is actually illegal in some states for safety reasons.
Is that suppose to be a wheel spacer so the rim is spaced out further (like backspacing..)? If so, I don't suggest it. That is actually illegal in some states for safety reasons.
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Actually, wheelspacers ARE bad. For several reasons. For one thing, the more those rotational forces are pushed out the more stress is put on the whole assembly, not to mention the lug nuts you have to use. Its not the wheel spacers that fail, its everything else. You are correct in that they are legal in Oregon though, just not a good idea. Nice looking cad pic though.
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thats a reasonable statement, they do put more angular force, ie leverage, on the hub assembaly. but in the same retrospect, so does a small backspaced wheel, something along the lines of 2.5" backspacing. if you use the correct lugnuts, along with the correct grade wheel studs, which would be replaced to match the thickness of the spacer, it would be stupid not to do that, what is the differentce, about the only thing i can see failing is the wheel bearings, and/or the ball joints. both of which should handel the added leverage, if properly maintained.
im still looking for somewhere where spacers have failed.....and im not being almighty either, im really curious about all this, thats why i went throught the trouble to make these things on the computer.
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Idiomaticman
im still looking for somewhere where spacers have failed.....and im not being almighty either, im really curious about all this, thats why i went throught the trouble to make these things on the computer.
thanks,
Idiomaticman
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Wheel Spacers
Idiomaticman,for a wheel spacer 2.5" thick there is no way you can stick a 3" stud bolt in the hub and expect it to work.You must counter sink the lug bolt hole deep enough to use the original wheel studs and lug nuts to bolt the spacer to the axle or hub.Then you center another set of bolt holes between the original holes and drill them to accept stock wheel studs to be installed from the backside out,now you can safely bolt your wheel assembly to the spacer.You should go to precisionwheel.com and see what they use to build there spacers out of,good luck.
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The only people I ever see run them are people with 4 bangers like Suzuki Sammys etc. Somebody makes them in anodized blue. I believe its Spyder.
On our rigs its like Pro said.
Second, even if it weren't Spyder or whever it is sells them for either $130 a pair or each which is like at least $260 which is a long way towards good backspaced rims.
On our rigs its like Pro said.
Second, even if it weren't Spyder or whever it is sells them for either $130 a pair or each which is like at least $260 which is a long way towards good backspaced rims.
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Don't know too much about it. But whenever I see a car or truck with the wheels sticking really far out from the fender wells, they always look like they are bent outward and are ready to snap any second. Is this a result of too much offset or these spacers?
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just to keep ya busy
If your looking to make something how about something like those radius arm extenders (twisted brothers I think) seem pretty strait forward tapped female and treaded other end same but male. they sell for about 90 US i think so if you can make and ship cheaper sign me up