wheel spacers

[1952]

have a mii front end on my 52 gmc truck and I want to put 1.5 inch wheel spacers on to widen out the front....anyone else thinks the front is to narrow on the mii or if this is a bad idea???

[1952]

????? no opinions??

[73kay]

I don't have the mII but I'm curious what people say. I have a ford 9in rear and its almost flush with the sheetmetal and the front in comparison seem really narrow.

[Jemezcrusher]

Wheel spacers have been used for years. The ones I have seen these days look like a much better choice than the spacers ack in the day which were basically just aluminum rings with slots in them for the studs.

Now, the spacer bolts to the existing wheel studs and then has studs in the spacer to avoid long studs going through the whole set up. Seems like a pretty secure way to widen the stance.

I would avoid these for high horse power pplications or auto cross, but should be ok for regular driving

[nvrdone]

ive got the original I beam front axle with drum brakes. ive had 1" wheel spacers / adapters on the front for 30+ years with no problems. but every year when I put it back on the road one of the many things I do is pull the front wheels, inspect the bearings & re pack them. so far no problems
I put a set of spacers on the front of my Grand Cherokee and after about 4 months of use, they snapped 3 studs on one wheel & 2 studs on the other. they came off & went in the scrap pile. they weren't cheap ones either

[73kay]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

ive got the original I beam front axle with drum brakes. ive had 1" wheel spacers / adapters on the front for 30+ years with no problems. but every year when I put it back on the road one of the many things I do is pull the front wheels, inspect the bearings & re pack them. so far no problems
I put a set of spacers on the front of my Grand Cherokee and after about 4 months of use, they snapped 3 studs on one wheel & 2 studs on the other. they came off & went in the scrap pile. they weren't cheap ones either

Not to hijack, but what bearings are you using for your I beam axle? I need to replace mine.

[jhnpldng]

@73kay

National is a good name and rockauto has them. Your local parts store should be able to get them too.
http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/c...l+bearing,1672

[73kay]

Ok thx. From what I the conversion kits say the original ball bearing were "hard to find". Thanks.

[nvrdone]

I bought my wheel bearing kit from Brothers truck parts

[Jemezcrusher]

Hijack complete

[73kay]

Lol. Hey I opened up my own post for the bearings lol. I'm helping getting the hits though

[Jemezcrusher]

no prob. just had to acknowledge

[1952]

what he said lol

[rtinniste]

Wheel spacers are no problem. As long as they are quality hub centric type.

I've been running hub centric slip on billet spacers on my daily driven bagged infiniti for over 2 years now with no issues granted I'm running arp extended studs and they are 10mm and 15mm slip on hub centric type spacers. And my wheels are really aggressive 19x11.5 and 19x10.5 with negative offsets to start with.


We ran 25mm and 32mm hub centric spacers on a buddies drift car for a couple seasons now, no issues. Torque them to 75 ft/lbs once drive 150 miles check the torque again like you would do with normal aluminum wheels. You can always add a dab of red loctite for peace of mind.

I'm running 1 inch spacers on the front of my s10 swapped 51 I'm building now.

Don't worry about it your wheels wont fly off or anything, the key factor is quality billet hub centric spacer and torquing them. And
anything under 15mm go slip on with arp studs because the spacer gets to thin to bolt on and i don't trust it. 20mm and up bolt on hub centric spacers.


hub centric as in like these in case someone is confused

http://www.300cforums.com/forums/att...acers-h-r1.jpg

[AnotherWs6]

So what about thinner spacers. I bought a quarter inch set for my truck but all they are are aluminum discs with slots for the studs as someone mentioned before. And I highly doubt that actually fit snug around the hub. I've never used these things before and am sketched out by them a little.

[rtinniste]

Originally Posted by AnotherWs6

So what about thinner spacers. I bought a quarter inch set for my truck but all they are are aluminum discs with slots for the studs as someone mentioned before. And I highly doubt that actually fit snug around the hub. I've never used these things before and am sketched out by them a little.

They aren't ideal and depending on the stock stud length you don't get much thread engagement. Even tho people say 3 full turns on the lug is safe I find it sketchy.

To be completely honest I've ran those kind on my car before putting extended studs with the 3 turns of thread engagement for close to 10k miles with no issues but I checked my lugs on a monthly basis but the thought of losing a wheel at 80mph was always in the back of my head. I crossed threaded one of my lug nuts and broke a stud and ended up just going arp studs.

But try to get the hub centric ones they are a lot better and less chance of run out on a wheel from it not centering properly, granted most the old wheels are lug centric like supremes, cragers, etc. And beware of how much thread you have left on the stud. Be smart about it and you wont have a problem.

Now I think about it the slotted spacers are probably for lug centric wheels and lug centric lug nuts. What wheels are you running you might actually be completely fine with those to be honest.

[AnotherWs6]

Stock steelies. I'm not sure if the threads will be long enough.

[1952]

Well tire rims and tires are on and they don't look to bad...I may not add the spacers or I may lol

[BIGglaSS]

I had a set of custom adapters made here:
http://www.motorsport-tech.com/

They are hub-centric and seem higher quality than the $70 eBay ones. With that said, I have not driven my truck yet, so don't know how well they will hold up.

Brake rotors are technically a 1/4" spacer. But, like rtinniste said, make sure you have the proper stud length when using spacers.

[BIGglaSS]

Your truck looks good from here. I wouldn't bother with spacers up front.

[Jemezcrusher]

Originally Posted by 1952

Well tire rims and tires are on and they don't look to bad...I may not add the spacers or I may lol

That truck does not need a dang thing!