on 6/5/01 12:52 PM, Matthew Pollard at poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU wrote: > so, what's the deal with wheel spacers? where do i get 'em? what are the > effects on the wheel bearings and studs? > thanks
i had a set of four spacers made by a machinist friend out of 1/4" aluminum plate that fit like stock (5x112 bolt circle w/14mmSAE holes, and a 2.63" diameter hole to clear the axle stub/bolt). give me about 6.5mm offset, which with my ET38 wheels gives me a close-to-stock ET31ish. i don't know if there's any effect on bearings if the spacer keeps the wheel close to the stock offset of 30, but i am not an engineer so have a large cube of NaCl on your shoulder with this. as for the studs i am getting long studs from ben tan and will replace the stock studs that held my carat alloys so i can have the complete 7 turns of the lugnut for safety's sake. currently i have about 6 turns, but want to make sure that extra 1/4" is taken care of. i suppose if you just buy a wheel of ET30 you wouldn't need the longer studs, but then you wouldn't be asking this, would you? thinking about artichoke soup... b '87 syncro westfalia http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/ |
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