Those using rear disc brakes

[Andrade]

what does your wheel centre on? just the studs?

[PlopPlop]

Mines on the studs with no problems.......................yet

[Andrade]

Mines on the studs with no problems.......................yet

 

are your nuts tapered? i'm a bit concerned cos mine are revolutions and nuts are not tapered, I hope I wont have any issues, you cant really tell with the car not running

[capri71]

Mine too and Ive never been happy about it. My front also centre on the studs as they mount on the front of the hub. I was thinking about getting some bore sized, thick wall tube welded on at all 4 corners ??

[vibrating_Cake]

for the flat seated wheel nuts, machine some rings of steel/ally, at about 5mm thick and the same diameter as the I.D. of the mounting holes on the ally wheels so they centre,

now in the centre drill out where the stud will come through, nice flush fit.

now like a counter-sunk screw hole, machine a cone into the rings so you can use normal wheel nuts in them. iirc 60degrees did me fine.

then buy some normal wheel nuts and jobs a good en.

 

i used these on peugeot 205 wheels, different centre bore to ford alloys so they didnt locate, and they had flat seats, worked a treat!

[Andrade]

for the flat seated wheel nuts, machine some rings of steel/ally, at about 5mm thick and the same diameter as the I.D. of the mounting holes on the ally wheels so they centre,

now in the centre drill out where the stud will come through, nice flush fit.

now like a counter-sunk screw hole, machine a cone into the rings so you can use normal wheel nuts in them. iirc 60degrees did me fine.

then buy some normal wheel nuts and jobs a good en.

 

i used these on peugeot 205 wheels, different centre bore to ford alloys so they didnt locate, and they had flat seats, worked a treat!

 

sounds interesting, do you have a picture of this?

[Andrade]

Mine too and Ive never been happy about it. My front also centre on the studs as they mount on the front of the hub. I was thinking about getting some bore sized, thick wall tube welded on at all 4 corners ??

 

could be an option but not really the neatest one

[vibrating_Cake]

for the flat seated wheel nuts, machine some rings of steel/ally, at about 5mm thick and the same diameter as the I.D. of the mounting holes on the ally wheels so they centre,

now in the centre drill out where the stud will come through, nice flush fit.

now like a counter-sunk screw hole, machine a cone into the rings so you can use normal wheel nuts in them. iirc 60degrees did me fine.

then buy some normal wheel nuts and jobs a good en.

 

i used these on peugeot 205 wheels, different centre bore to ford alloys so they didnt locate, and they had flat seats, worked a treat!

 

sounds interesting, do you have a picture of this?

 

yeah i have a bag of them in the shed, ill see if i can find them .

be warned though they are a git to get out again when you sell the wheels lol., i had to get a large lump hammer and metal bar on mine to get a couple out haha.

they worked though

[vibrating_Cake]

 

 

 

[vibrating_Cake]

lets see if they work =)

[PlopPlop]

Mines on the studs with no problems.......................yet

 

are your nuts tapered? i'm a bit concerned cos mine are revolutions and nuts are not tapered, I hope I wont have any issues, you cant really tell with the car not running

sorry for late response, my nuts are tapered

[Andrade]

lets see if they work =)

 

Now i get it! cheers mate sounds like a good plan

[Andrade]

Mines on the studs with no problems.......................yet

 

are your nuts tapered? i'm a bit concerned cos mine are revolutions and nuts are not tapered, I hope I wont have any issues, you cant really tell with the car not running

sorry for late response, my nuts are tapered

 

Thanks mate

[capri71]

Mine too and Ive never been happy about it. My front also centre on the studs as they mount on the front of the hub. I was thinking about getting some bore sized, thick wall tube welded on at all 4 corners ??

 

could be an option but not really the neatest one

 

yes it would

 

The front hub has a step that normaly locates into the wheels centrebore.

The tube would be the same diameter and a length or say half an inch would be tigged onto the the hub to extend the centrebore location through the caprisport disc AND the wheel.

Centering the wheel isn't the only thing tho - I don't want the weight of the car resting purely on exstended studs - I want the centrebore to take some load too, as the manufacturers intended.

You can get alloy hubs machined with the longer centre bore locating part but its a lot more money than getting some extra material welded on and the rear will be the same story

[Andrade]

Centering the wheel isn't the only thing tho - I don't want the weight of the car resting purely on exstended studs - I want the centrebore to take some load too, as the manufacturers intended.

 

you've got a point there 1cm thick would be more than enough for this i think, thanks for the tip!