My Dad and I drove our cars to a show recently and he noticed my rear wheels were wobbling while we were driving along side each other. He actually had me pull over so we could check that the drive home would be safe.
When I got home we removed the AFS 18x10.5 rear wheels and LFP 3/8" hub centric spacers and took a closer look at everything.
The spacers were perfectly flush when placed onto the hub so that was not an issue. When we looked at where the spacers meet the back of the AFS wheels, there was a slight clearance issue.
The spacers have a little shoulder at the center for strength.
This shoulder was not allowing the flat 3/8" thick disk part of the spacer to lay perfectly flat against the back of the wheel. It was only a slight bit of play when I pushed them to the back of the wheel. But any play at all in this case can be very bad.
I didn't want to mess with the spacer since the shoulder is there for a good reason. So I used a small half round file to carefully create a little clearance on the wheels.
It took about 20 minutes of filing and checking and now the spacers are completely flat against the wheel.
Before filing:
After filing:
I wanted to point this out because I know people have had issues with this exact setup in the past. Most people resort to a non hub centric spacer which fixes the problem but puts all the stress on the studs. I think this solution might be better.
I hope this helps those of you who have had issues with this or may be getting a similar setup at some point.
When I got home we removed the AFS 18x10.5 rear wheels and LFP 3/8" hub centric spacers and took a closer look at everything.
The spacers were perfectly flush when placed onto the hub so that was not an issue. When we looked at where the spacers meet the back of the AFS wheels, there was a slight clearance issue.
The spacers have a little shoulder at the center for strength.
This shoulder was not allowing the flat 3/8" thick disk part of the spacer to lay perfectly flat against the back of the wheel. It was only a slight bit of play when I pushed them to the back of the wheel. But any play at all in this case can be very bad.
I didn't want to mess with the spacer since the shoulder is there for a good reason. So I used a small half round file to carefully create a little clearance on the wheels.
It took about 20 minutes of filing and checking and now the spacers are completely flat against the wheel.
Before filing:
After filing:
I wanted to point this out because I know people have had issues with this exact setup in the past. Most people resort to a non hub centric spacer which fixes the problem but puts all the stress on the studs. I think this solution might be better.
I hope this helps those of you who have had issues with this or may be getting a similar setup at some point.
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