One farfetched (?) possibility: have a machine shop shave off some material
from the back of your wheel centers to change the offset. This may not be a
good idea, and perhaps doesn't address the real problem, but it's a thought.
on 9/14/02 4:39 PM, Andrew B. Lundgren at lundgren@byu.net wrote:
> 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".
>
>
> --
> Andrew Lundgren
> lundgren@byu.net
> http://www.Lundgren.us
>
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