Weekend Project: Wheel Spacers (pics)
04-06-2009, 10:48 PM
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Weekend Project: Wheel Spacers (pics)
So I recently got tires for a set of new wheels I've had sitting around for a long time, and the fronts wont fit without spacers, so rather than spending the $400 to buy them from H&R I decided to machine my own.
Material thickness before:
Material thickness after:
Lug bolt holes turned out well:
1 down 3 to go:
Second one coming along:
3 down 1 left!
Cleaned and sharp edges sanded down:
Material thickness before:
Material thickness after:
Lug bolt holes turned out well:
1 down 3 to go:
Second one coming along:
3 down 1 left!
Cleaned and sharp edges sanded down:
04-06-2009, 11:49 PM
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unfortunatly no. these were a huge hassle making. and every minute of a 12 hour job (inexperience with these is definitely a contributing factor here) they fit the hub perfectly. but because of the lack of the right cutting bits we didnt get fancy with them. i am taking measurements when these are finished up and going to see if i can get another set machined.
04-07-2009, 03:49 AM
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i would caution against using non-hubcentric spacers. You have a high chance of getting a lot of vibrations with non-hubcentric spacers. You can buy mercedes hub centric spacers for $80 for the fronts and i think $100 for the rears on ebay.
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01-29-2013, 11:53 PM
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sorry for the 4 year old reply by i'm a manufacturing engineer, how come you milled them instead of on lathe? it's an odd way to machine them, just wondering
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06-21-2013, 06:27 PM
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sorry for the late reply. i dont visit here often. we didnt have a lathe at work. and it was a fun project for me to work on and get experience with using this particular machine.
i ended up scrapping these after not so long after scoring a deep discounted set of h&r's a lathe would have been the ideal machine to use.
i ended up scrapping these after not so long after scoring a deep discounted set of h&r's a lathe would have been the ideal machine to use.
06-23-2013, 02:30 PM
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I bought my H&R spacers for 120, both front and rear.
Id rather do that then make my own.
Since they are balanced and wont give you vibration.
Id rather do that then make my own.
Since they are balanced and wont give you vibration.
06-25-2013, 09:29 AM
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that's a good deal you got there. again this was just a learning experience for me, like i said above i ended up scrapping these. and i dont suggest making your own.
