Been trying to locate some GIANT sized washers ,to make something out of them,rather than have to have them custom made...trying to make some wheel adapters for a garden tractor,so I can use some ATV 10" rims and tires that I got from a Kawasaki Mule with a 4 bolt pattern about 4-3/8" circle,and bolt them to the tractors hubs that are 5 lug,4.5" bolt circle with a 3-1/8" center hole....something like a very thick washer,or maybe a flange like they weld to gas and water mains that bolt together might fit the bill !..................................................................................................I would just re-drill the rims,but they have a huge center hole that almost allows the 5 bolt hubs lug studs to just fall thru them...and I dont feel like dismounting the tires and trying to weld in the centers from some junk tractor rims I have,as I'm sure I'd mess them up beyond repair..without a lathe its tough to make anything round not wobble or come out crooked...since the tractor goes 6 mph top speed,its not imperative the wheels run 100% true anyway................................................................Tried googling for BIG washers,with no real results,and any pipe flanges I found were $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and dont have the right bolt spacings I'd need...wheel adapters can be bought but at 100 bucks each,I'll pass!..I'd sell the tires and rims and just buy ones that bolt before that happens...............I did find some Ford disc rotors I could use for adapters,IF I had access to a lathe to enlarge the center hole and reduce their outside diameter a bit,then I could bolt the Mule rims to the disc and use the Ford pattern to bolt them to the tractor..but I'm thinking being cast,they might not take kindly to being drilled,or used as weight bearing devices,and the tires will be loaded with fluid and wheel weights ,so I dont want to mess around making something that will fail in short order...................................................................................Any ideas?..
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