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Chen 05-09-2014 02:41 PM

Spacers and wheel wobble.
 
So I recently got spacers and the spacer sits flush on the hub and from what I an tell the wheel is sitting flush against the spacer. But when I drive, I can see my wheel wobbling on both sides. Any reason why this would happen?

wparsons 05-09-2014 02:50 PM

Wobbling in which direction? Up and down, or side to side?

Chen 05-09-2014 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 1726123)
Wobbling in which direction? Up and down, or side to side?

Side to side.

mkivalex 05-09-2014 04:50 PM

Are they hubcentric?

Chen 05-09-2014 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mkivalex (Post 1726421)
Are they hubcentric?

They are. But I have have figured out the problem. It looked like when I bolted my wheels onto the spacer. It looks like my wheels are against the lug nuts. Do they offer shorter luts to hold spacers?

2point0 05-09-2014 08:26 PM

Some wheels have pockets on the back face to accomodate studs poking out, to an extent. Mine have this and I still needed 22mm in order for the wheel to mount flush to the spacer.

Alternately, you can grind/cut your studs down. You can also sell the wheels and get a set that has the offset you want without spacers. I'm not aware of any shorty studs, usually they're stock (about 1") or 3" extended.

Chen 05-09-2014 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 2point0 (Post 1726951)
Some wheels have pockets on the back face to accomodate studs poking out, to an extent. Mine have this and I still needed 22mm in order for the wheel to mount flush to the spacer.

Alternately, you can grind/cut your studs down. You can also sell the wheels and get a set that has the offset you want without spacers. I'm not aware of any shorty studs, usually they're stock (about 1") or 3" extended.

My wheels do have pockets. And the studs go into the pocket. It's the nuts now.

kberkel 05-09-2014 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen (Post 1727030)
My wheels do have pockets. And the studs go into the pocket. It's the nuts now.

So you have the pockets in between the holes like this, but the pockets aren't wide enough to accommodate the nuts?

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/imag.../wheel_hub.jpg

wparsons 05-10-2014 09:12 AM

Get some OEM open ended nuts? That might buy you a couple mm of clearance, which by the sound of it is probably all you need.

DarrenDriven 05-14-2014 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen (Post 1726452)
They are. But I have have figured out the problem. It looked like when I bolted my wheels onto the spacer. It looks like my wheels are against the lug nuts. Do they offer shorter luts to hold spacers?

Whew, it's a good thing that YOU figured it out. By yourself. :) LOL

Chen 05-15-2014 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kberkel (Post 1727263)
So you have the pockets in between the holes like this, but the pockets aren't wide enough to accommodate the nuts?

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/imag.../wheel_hub.jpg

Correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 1727757)
Get some OEM open ended nuts? That might buy you a couple mm of clearance, which by the sound of it is probably all you need.

That's where I'm running into trouble. I can't find any. And I'd what mm I will need or where to will find it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven (Post 1737361)
Whew, it's a good thing that YOU figured it out. By yourself. :) LOL

Haha yes..... All by myself.

Vten 05-15-2014 03:32 PM

I believe I had the same problem with my spacer nut being to tall ... I believe it was 17mm tall. I bought the 12mm one off one of the eBay seller and it cleared my problem.

If you still need them I can check the eBay seller , shoot me a pm with your email so I can forward the email to you . Hope this help.

Jason@DSG 05-15-2014 04:34 PM

It's surprising to hear the ones that came with it were too long. What brand are these?

King Tut 05-15-2014 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chen (Post 1726452)
They are. But I have have figured out the problem. It looked like when I bolted my wheels onto the spacer. It looks like my wheels are against the lug nuts. Do they offer shorter luts to hold spacers?

Go to a hardware store and get some standard nuts in 12x1.25 size.


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