tgentle

Hoping someone can help,I just bought some nice shiny 12 slots with new eagers,but they rub on the upper ball joint,ive made some spacers from alloy and that seem to work fine.Is this safe or is there a better alternative?
Car is an XW falcon.
Cheers.

Dellboy999

better then spacers is bolt on hub extenders, thats what I would be looking at.

I guess you are in the USA where either is legal, here in Australia both are illegal.

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RAPTOR

I'd actually be thinking NZ but I could be wrong
(NZXW600, Location: Wainui)


Don't know what the legislation is over there or how handy you are at machining spacers (you did machine them up right) or how far your trying to space the wheel out so just some general points;

1) If the original XW hub has a spigot that the wheel slides over this is designed to support the weight of the vehicle, the studs are just designed to provide a clamping force. Make sure your spacer is supported and in turn supports the wheel in the same way.

2) Make sure the studs are sufficiently long, the nuts should be fully engaged and spare thread should still be coming out the end.

3) Always best to get wheels that fit!

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tgentle

Cheers for that!Yes NZ is correct.Yeah i would not of bought them if it had not been for the fact they only cost me a grand!
My spacers i made match the hub exactly and are only 5mm thick,so i guess i should be ok then...

xbgs351

The spacer doesn't sit on the thread of the studs? You need longer studs so that the part of the stud that gets hammered through the disc, also gets hammered through the spacer.

See Fred Puhn's book "How to make your car handle" for further details.

dodge

i have 1" spacers which bolt onto studs then u bolt wheels onto spacer plate.

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