4 lug spacers, Yea, or nay |
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4 lug spacers, Yea, or nay |
ChrisReale |
Nov 1 2003, 03:59 PM
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Sleazy Group: Members Posts: 2,665 Joined: 20-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 176 |
I have room up front to push out my wheels about one inch. Where can I get 4 lug spacers? If I played my cards better, when I got my Panasports I would have had two made with a different backspacing to allow for the more room up front, but I was not wise. Are spacers generally considered ok for this? I know I would have to have longer lug bolts, or have longer studs put in. Anything else?
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Blake |
Nov 3 2003, 02:44 PM
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Speed Geek Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 15-October 03 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,247 |
QUOTE having had my share of physics, i challange that definition ... Sounds like just enough physics to be dangerous... Sorry, but you are 100% mistaken. Track is measured from the center of the wheel and offset is the distance from the hub face to the track, positive or negative. If you match the hub and wheel offset, the track remains the same irrespective of wheel width. Think of proper offset like a lever with the fulcrum at the center and equal forces applied to either end. If you make the lever longer, but equally so on both sides of the fulcrum the forces cancel out and everything is balanced. If you then move the lever to one side (i.e. offset), the equal forces on either end will torque the lever one way or the other. Wider wheels and tires with proper offset transmit their loads through the bearing to the suspension. Widening the track will apply torque forces directly to the bearing unless the suspension itself is reengineered. |
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