Centre hole
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Centre hole
Ive got some wheels but the centre hole is bigger than my originals. The pcd is all ok.
How important is it for the centre hole to be snug on the hub?
If it is, any tricks on how i can get round it, i.e. a sleeve type thing maybe?????
How important is it for the centre hole to be snug on the hub?
If it is, any tricks on how i can get round it, i.e. a sleeve type thing maybe?????
1968 Ford Fairlane 500 Wimbledon White. Currently a 302 auto but to be 410 4 speed.
yup
but can also depend on the wheel.
steels or alloys with flat washers and nuts most definitely hub centric through and through, there is nothing else to centre the wheel.
Mopars don't in general have them but some aftermarket slot mags and some of the multi fit wheels do fit Mopars and use that kind of mounting
steels or alloys that take a tapered or profiled washer lug nut, Acorn nut or bolt with taper or profile to the head
you can get away with it. but really depends on the match of seat in the wheel and the nut/washer.
If all is correct in theory the dish in the wheel around the lugnut or washer profile centres the wheel
but you must cris-cross and do up in steps to torque specified in manual like you were doing a cylinder head. don't do them up one after the other in a ring, the last one done up will greatly stress to two opposite. equal steps is the way
deep set mounting in an alloy wheel using tapered seat and sleeve nuts with a taper at the end of the sleeve under the nut head
the sleeve and taper centre the wheel. these wheels often have push through caps that need some space between the register on the axle shaft and the hole in the middle of the wheel these are not hub-centric mounting.
the fiction between the wheel and the hub once torqued to spec. is what supports the car
not the wheel centre on the register on the hub, if we depended on that the hole in the centre would gradually get bigger.
Any wheel will come undone if the seat for the lug nut or washer is painted or plastic coated.
Dave
but can also depend on the wheel.
steels or alloys with flat washers and nuts most definitely hub centric through and through, there is nothing else to centre the wheel.
Mopars don't in general have them but some aftermarket slot mags and some of the multi fit wheels do fit Mopars and use that kind of mounting
steels or alloys that take a tapered or profiled washer lug nut, Acorn nut or bolt with taper or profile to the head
you can get away with it. but really depends on the match of seat in the wheel and the nut/washer.
If all is correct in theory the dish in the wheel around the lugnut or washer profile centres the wheel
but you must cris-cross and do up in steps to torque specified in manual like you were doing a cylinder head. don't do them up one after the other in a ring, the last one done up will greatly stress to two opposite. equal steps is the way
deep set mounting in an alloy wheel using tapered seat and sleeve nuts with a taper at the end of the sleeve under the nut head
the sleeve and taper centre the wheel. these wheels often have push through caps that need some space between the register on the axle shaft and the hole in the middle of the wheel these are not hub-centric mounting.
the fiction between the wheel and the hub once torqued to spec. is what supports the car
not the wheel centre on the register on the hub, if we depended on that the hole in the centre would gradually get bigger.
Any wheel will come undone if the seat for the lug nut or washer is painted or plastic coated.
Dave
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If you are worried about it, you can get spigot rings to fit in the centre hole of the wheel to reduce it down to the size of the hub it needs to fit. Available on eBay for not a lot of money, you just need to know the size of the hub and the size of the centre hole.
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Yep.....As I tried with the spigot rings I bought off eBay for when I had slotmags on the Dart.Matt wrote:I'm not convinced that the centre hole size is relevant.
If the centre register was to give the wheel any meaningful support at all, it would have to fit so tightly that you wouldn't be able to mount the wheel by hand.
Just my 2c .
Wouldn't mount properly and even if I got it all lined up it just didn't feel right. So binned them.
If your doing mile long burnouts in an 800hp monster whilst hammering round the alpine pass then it may be of more concern due to the loadings, but for normal driving I see no issue. The same goes with modern cars......none of them are tight on the centre hole.
Dave Tildesley.....MMA-081
72 Dodge Dart
73 Plymouth Duster - SOLD
I wanna go so FAST i think i'm going to DIE!..........Then i'll shift into second!
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72 Dodge Dart
73 Plymouth Duster - SOLD
I wanna go so FAST i think i'm going to DIE!..........Then i'll shift into second!
"My Car is a work in progress, Probably never gonna get finished, never gonna have the money to Bananarama!!"