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Beware of spacers as they increase the load on wheel bearings and the studs
I don't believe this is true. I'm keeping the centerline of the wheel the same as stock or about 1/8" inboard. So I'm not poking the wheels out any further than stock.
John
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Ive been running 1/2" spacers on the cragers I have on the 74 for about 2 years now. I have had no issues to this point. In theory I would understand the reasoning of more load on the bearing because you have moved the bolting point out away from the bearing itself. However I dont think that will make a lot of increase load that it would cause short term issues. Maybe over a 20 year period but I'll find that out down the road. The trade off to have cragers is worth it! lol.
Chip the wheels look fantastic! The paint looks great! Hope to meet you at some point.
Best of luck,
Rodney Hake
Chip the wheels look fantastic! The paint looks great! Hope to meet you at some point.
Best of luck,
Rodney Hake
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Thanks Rodney, I appreciate the comment. This thread sure generated more interest and replies than I expected.
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JohnRR said: Beware of spacers as they increase the load on wheel bearings and the studs
I don't believe this is true. I'm keeping the centerline of the wheel the same as stock or about 1/8" inboard. So I'm not poking the wheels out any further than stock.
John
Here's a good discussion.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-tech-performance/2676505-wheel-spacers-good-or-bad-idea.html
Here's some hubcentric adapters even tho they call them spacers.
http://www.tunersdepot.com/Jsp/content/H-R--DRM-Series-Trak--Wheel-Spacer-45mm--Pair----90-96-Chevy-Corvette-37917.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-tech-performance/2676505-wheel-spacers-good-or-bad-idea.html
Here's some hubcentric adapters even tho they call them spacers.
http://www.tunersdepot.com/Jsp/content/H-R--DRM-Series-Trak--Wheel-Spacer-45mm--Pair----90-96-Chevy-Corvette-37917.html
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Hey Shark,
Thanks for the link. I read the thread and it mostly discusses the differences between spacers and adapters.
When I was at Corvettes at Carlisle last year, one of the vendors gave me a hard time about using wheel adapters to mate C5 wheels to my '73 spindles. I believe that when the wheel mounting face is kept at the centerline of the wheel, the load on the spindle bearings is the same. The stock wheel is 8" wide with a 4" backspace. The 8.5" wide C5 wheels, with a 2.75" adapter has a backspace of 4.25". I think they are both the same as far as the load on the wheel bearing is concerned.
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Thanks Marshall. I had looked at these wheels before but after seeing Dick's vette at the Charleston gathering I decided to bite the bullet and try them.
Hey, Chip! You gotta change your signature pic now with the new wheels!
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