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Vibrating in the front wheels after adding 5 mm hubcentric spacer
I need some input on to correct this issue should I get spacers with the centric 10mm in the front and 15mm in the rear? What I need is hubcentric how brings in the front to eliminate the vibrating at 70 mph. Need your help
Two things to double check with the spacers.
1) Make sure you installed the spacer the correct orientation. Make sure that beveled side is facing toward the car like in the 2nd picture. The reason is that many hubs don't have a complete 90 degree angle, the beveled edge gives it the additional space to allow the spacer to fit flush against the hub. If you installed it with the beveled edge outward, you would potentially have the vibrating issue you described (sorry, I haven't looked at our cars close enough to see if it might be an issue, but it is an issue on a lot of cars).
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2) Do your best to tighten and torque the wheels as much down as possible while the car is in the air such there's no lateral loads on the wheels that come with the weight of the car. With spacers it becomes slightly more difficult to fully torque down the wheels correctly with the addition of the lateral loads imposed by the weight of the car. This is an incorrect installation
oh OK I think I put the spacers backwards like you showed in the picture with the flat backside of the spacer facing the wheel so I had to flip out over oh OK I think I put the spacers backwards like you showed in the picture with the flat backside of the spacer facing the wheel so I had to flip it over and see if I can Get some hub rings
I have the rear tire size is 255 35 19 and want to get a bigger size tire but to make sure it's dont rubb when hitting bumps and have a full car of people. No spacers on the rears and it has stock height. And are there any pictures or videos of same car that has 19 inch wheels with bigger size tires than what I have?
Oh ok I did installed the spacers correct like the second picture. I was looking at the wrong picture
Originally Posted by Hapa88
Two things to double check with the spacers.
1) Make sure you installed the spacer the correct orientation. Make sure that beveled side is facing toward the car like in the 2nd picture. The reason is that many hubs don't have a complete 90 degree angle, the beveled edge gives it the additional space to allow the spacer to fit flush against the hub. If you installed it with the beveled edge outward, you would potentially have the vibrating issue you described (sorry, I haven't looked at our cars close enough to see if it might be an issue, but it is an issue on a lot of cars).
This is INCORRECT:
This is CORRECT:
2) Do your best to tighten and torque the wheels as much down as possible while the car is in the air such there's no lateral loads on the wheels that come with the weight of the car. With spacers it becomes slightly more difficult to fully torque down the wheels correctly with the addition of the lateral loads imposed by the weight of the car. This is an incorrect installation
I'm taking my car to shop that fixed bent wheels and sell spacers and how brings in all that they get a check for any wheels that are bent from manufacturer to see if they're straight and see if we can use the Hub rings in the front to make sure the wheels sit on the hub tightly.
Originally Posted by Randy Toro
Oh ok I did installed the spacers correct like the second picture. I was looking at the wrong picture
I'm taking my car to shop that fixed bent wheels and sell spacers and how brings in all that they get a check for any wheels that are bent from manufacturer to see if they're straight and see if we can use the Hub rings in the front to make sure the wheels sit on the hub tightly.
If you're using wheels with an oversized center bore (meaning the lugs alone are keeping the wheel centered on the hub) rings can help but you're also increasing the potential for vibration problems. Without rings the lugs have to be perfectly torqued.
Ideally you'd want hubcentric wheels (66.7 center bore) and in the correct offset vs having to use rings and spacers. They can be a real nightmare especially up front.
Well I was in the market for spacers, but I'm not buying your defective spacers.. you should be ashamed of yourself trying to sell these.. some people!
I'm not selling spacers guys. I said that I was taking my car into a shop that fixed your wheels and they sell spacers there to see if they can fix the vibrating in the front wheels with the Hub ring or spacers I was not selling spacers. It the damm spell check that's messing with me
Who do I see about getting a lawyer to pursue this matter for me? Three posts ago I ordered these. I did not receive a tracking number and his PM box is full. PayPal won't help because I fabricated the entire transaction??? WTF PayPal, guess you don't want my business!
Mine showed up yesterday. I was skeptical plywood would be strong enough to use as a spacer, but OP guaranteed me they'd work. Just need to find my Black & Decker so I can drill the lug holes.
Mine showed up yesterday. I was skeptical plywood would be strong enough to use as a spacer, but OP guaranteed me they'd work. Just need to find my Black & Decker so I can drill the lug holes.
Who is selling spacers? NOT ME I don't why are you posting here that I'm selling something that I'm not. I only posted something that I have been having issues on my front wheels with 5mm spacers not selling here guys.
06-07-2017, 02:12 PM
