My car had wire wheels when I got it. I just replaced all four hubs
and the wheels with new centerlock alloy wheels.
My 185x70R14 tires are rubbing on the left rear outer fender on left
turns and bumps.
After reading though the archives I came up with two possibilities.
One: this is pretty normal, the axles are frequently offset by about
.5" causing this type of problem. The axle is a pain to center, you
can trim the inner fender carefully and be ok.
Two: this only happens when your DPO put wires on a steel axle, which
is normally wider.
So I want to determine which of these is my situation. I am thinking
that I should be able to measure my tube and see which one is on the
car.
I measured from the u-bolt mounts to the back of the wheel plate. It
is about 3.5"-4.0". I also measured from the edge of the pumpkin to
the inner ubolt but I think that should be the same on both wire and
steel wheels.
Anyone have any idea how long that should be? If not, any one with an
original wire or steal wheeled car willing to go and measure?
(I had a parts car with wires and a good rear end that I let go last
summer. I am going to kick myself if I have a steel wheel axle.)
My previous tires and wire wheels would rub a little on bumps with the
185s but it was not significant. This is much worse. Not something I
can live with. I have been looking at tires on tirerack and learned
about the section width.
Possible solutions to wrong axle:
-Get smaller tires.
-Carefully trim back the seam in the wheel well to allow clearance.
-Replace the rear axle with a wire axle.
-Get enough of the bits from a disc axle to use the conversion kit that
would allow me to mount my current hubs (if it works that was!) on the
axle with the correct offset.
Others?
Possible solutions to correct axle with rubbing:
-Get smaller tires.
-Carefully trim back the seam in the wheel well to allow clearance.
Others?
The sectional area of my tires is about 7.5" The other ones with
minor rubbing problems were closer to 7".
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Andrew Lundgren
lundgren@byu.net
http://www.Lundgren.us
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