wheel centre locator modification...can i do it?

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Postby touge_ae101 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:09 pm

there has got 4 studs there that do a pretty good job at locating the wheel!?! also that is why wheel nuts have a taper on them

never had any issues and never run locators. up to personal preference though
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Postby d1 mule » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:09 pm

i was running 25mm bolt on spacers that didn't locate onto the axel locator (hilux diff) and eventually caused me to loose a wheel as the spacer came off the diff, wheel was still attatched to the spacer which wasnt located either. Took maybe 4-5 days drifting for it to happen tho. more slogged out the alloy spacer on the studs if that makes sense, but yeah can happen :oops:
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Postby QikStarlie » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:31 pm

there is no where in lvvta standards, that says the wheels have to locate on the hub spigot. the only time you need to locate on the spigot is using slip on type wheel spacers,(require bolting as well) or adapter spacers that don't use taper nuts.


http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/stand ... _Tyres.pdf
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Postby pc » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:15 pm

d1 mule wrote:i was running 25mm bolt on spacers that didn't locate onto the axel locator (hilux diff) and eventually caused me to loose a wheel as the spacer came off the diff, wheel was still attatched to the spacer which wasnt located either. Took maybe 4-5 days drifting for it to happen tho. more slogged out the alloy spacer on the studs if that makes sense, but yeah can happen :oops:

That`ll be because the bolts weren`t done up properly... Or the spacer was poorly machined.
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Postby d1 mule » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:00 pm

bolts were done tight as, ill put a pic up whe i can be bothered, can see exactly whats happened from the wear on the spacers
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Postby Bling » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:23 pm

Ripple strip fun times?
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Postby cogent » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:17 pm

please do not machine those wheels.

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Postby d1 mule » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:10 am

BZG|Bling wrote:Ripple strip fun times?


haha probably had a little to do with it will have to put a pic up if it can find the spacers
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Postby Bling » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:13 am

So the truth is lack of locating ring probably didn't make a big difference then :P Of course i'm only assuming, but those ripple strips look to be designed to rip wheels off cars no matter how they are attached. Especially if you're hitting them sideways :lol:
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