wheel spacers

[norm1]

as title safe or not ,,

[classicwhitey]

fine so long as you still have enough stud left to secure the wheel nuts to. when i drag race i use 19mm spacers on the front to get the clearance for my skinny front wheels

[jamie956]

Try and use the hub centric spacers as they support the wheel by the spigot unlike the cheap universal ones.

[SmokeEm]

Deffo ok if hubcentric

[katana]

Try and use the hub centric spacers as they support the wheel by the spigot unlike the cheap universal ones.

 

Hub Centric spacers do nothing to support the wheel! If you think they do - use plain Nyloc nuts on the studs and see how long till the wheel falls off! All load from the wheel is transmitted via friction between the wheel mounting face and the stub flange face with the studs and nuts providing the clamping pressure. The centre spigots just give a general centering before the taper nuts or the RS tube nuts properly centre the wheel and clamp it.

[iandq]

wheel spacers are perfectly safe as long as they are fitted properly and the stud length isn't compromised. as stated by katana, the hubcentric spacers only locate the wheel before the nuts provide the friction fitting to the hub. the tiny lip on most hubcentric spacers has no structural strength.

cheers, ian