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Originally Posted by industrial
Well, as long as you made sure the wheel was centered and you got some torque on all the bolts before you set the car down you should be ok. Not ideal at all though. Why not just get some longer and hardened bolts? They aren't that expensive.
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The rule of thumb is that maximum holding strength is achieved at 7 threads of engagement, so that should be ok. Without the spacer the wheel is centered and hanging on the hub ring, so I guess a big part of the loads are transferred directly from wheel to the hub ring. But the spacers is filling out the whole hub ring, so the load transfer from the wheel to the hub is only through friction and the shear strenght of the bolts. That was my concern. It may not be a problem. I don't know.
I have been driving with it for a week and no lost wheels yet. :-)