Stu, et Listers,
Thanks for posting this tip Stu; I was thinking along the same lines
myself. It would be nice if a specially machined spacer like you describe
were available from S.S. or elsewhere. I had to make a couple myself to
accommodate the wheels I use (before I switched to disk brakes). A single
one would suffice to make virtually any wheel mount up correctly, and
multiples could be used to space the wheel out. It's my feeling that a good
fitting spacer would be safe; certainly a single one, and even stacking two
or even maybe three. Just how far you could safely go, I'm not sure. Maybe
1/2" or 3/4"? Of course longer studs would be required, and I still feel
better using 1/2" studs instead of the stock 7/16" ones. Lets you torque
the lug nuts tighter, which might be more important with a spacer. The shop
manual gives the "road wheel nut" torque specification as 48 lb-ft. That
would make the appropriate torque for a 1/2" stud 63 lb-ft. (8/7^2*48). I
think someone mentioned torquing their lug nuts to 70 lb-ft, which is
probably OK with 1/2" studs, but definitely too much for the stock studs.
Have a nice day guys,
Bob
At 08:15 AM 6/24/99 -0400, STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com wrote:
> Depending on the wheels, there might be a reason why wheel spacers
> would be required. I think there are some wheels around that would
> touch the rear drums near the edges, leaving an air gap between wheel
> and drum at the lugs. The right spacer would fill the gap, and allow
> tightening of the lug nuts without anything expensive happening. I
> heard of this happening many years back, but I don't remember what
> marques or wheels were involved.
>
> Stu
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
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rpalmer@ucsd.edu
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