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I got a wheel saftey question.

1982blazer

1982blazer

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I just swaped to 8 lug outers, and am worried that my studs might shear off because the hole in the center of my wheel is to big and does not fit tightly against angainst the hub. All the weight of the vehicle is resting on the studs. Do yall thinkd this is a problem or not I got a picture below.

zoom in on the picture and you can see what i mean.

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Alot of vehicles are lug centric not hub centric so you should be okay as long as the wheel was setup for lug centric. I can see the pics though since I am not a member, so thats just my .02

Dan
 
While a saturn is not a blazer, I did the same by putting some 4 lugs toyota rims on my saturn, the cheapo steel rims, and the lugs wouldn't stay tight and ended up oblonging both the lug holes and the hub hole. I didn't have near as much play as yours either. I ended up getting some junkyard saturn rims and haven't had a problem yet.
 
Hub centric or lug centric is irrelevant. All of the load always rides on the clamping force of the lugnuts.

Those are lug centric.... so don't sweat the gap. But even if it was hub centric, none of the load rides on that contact spot. Load is always transfered through the lugnuts, lugs and most importantly the clamping force.
 
Like DEMON44 said, hub centric or lug centric doesn't matter as all that means is which way the wheels are being centered on the vehicle. The lug/studs are what takes the load.
 
Correct but the hub centric wheels fit on the hub tight, they do take some of the load, otherwise if they didnt then it couldnt use it to center the wheel. If the hub and the center of the wheel are touching, how would that not take some of the load?

Dan
 
Hub centric means the hub "centers" the wheel i.e. the rim will not have tapered seats for the lug nuts. These are commonly seen on older trucks or heavier duty trucks like 2wd 3500HD with the 10 lug wheels.

Lug centric means the Lug nuts center the wheels, this is done by the use of tapered seats on the wheel and the tapered lug nuts.

Either design all of the load is carried by the Studs. You have to think of more than a static situation.

Dik
 
So I guess you guys have had a wheel rust on to a hub then, or maybe one that a wheel opening was a little to small and someone run the wheel on with the lugs anyways. My buddies jeep had some ranger wheels on it, and they got stuck on the back. They were so bad that we went jumping it behind my house and still couldnt get them to fall off(had no lugs on it):D

Dan
 
If yuour really worried about it your local tire shop should have these things called "hub rings" goes over the hub and helps to center the wheel.

We sell them to all the people who buy bling bling 20s for theyre civics...my boss tried to sell me some...i quote "it will ride smoother" i laughed. :haha::haha:
 
Those rings really do work though. I have had alot of cars come in with a vibration and installing the rings fixes there problem. But for mud tires I dont think so

Dan
 
DesertDueler2 said:
Those rings really do work though. I have had alot of cars come in with a vibration and installing the rings fixes there problem. But for mud tires I dont think so

Dan
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I wasnt trying to say they wouldnt work, but like you said for my truck...i saw it as a waste of money.

And they do work quite good infact.
 
My friend works at discount tire, and he was telling me about those hub rings
yall mentioned. But i guess i will be fine without them. This truck will hardly ever see street time.
 
1982blazer said:
My friend works at discount tire, and he was telling me about those hub rings
yall mentioned. But i guess i will be fine without them. This truck will hardly ever see street time.
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Thats were i work too!
 
DesertDueler2 said:
So I guess you guys have had a wheel rust on to a hub then, or maybe one that a wheel opening was a little to small and someone run the wheel on with the lugs anyways. My buddies jeep had some ranger wheels on it, and they got stuck on the back. They were so bad that we went jumping it behind my house and still couldnt get them to fall off(had no lugs on it):D

Dan
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Were they aluminum rims on a steel drum?

Yes I've seen galvanic corrosion so bad with an aluminum rim stuck to a drum that I had to swing a full size sledge full blow on the sidewall repeatedly to get it to bust loose. that really has very little to do with being hub & lug centric.
 
My truck has a dana 60 and 14FF and the rims are not "tight" on the hub only the lug nuts center the rim and I have had zero issues. I also drive mine to and from the trails.

DIk
 
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