Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hey all,

Id like to know who is running wheel spacers and/or large offset rims on rover axles???

doesnt matter what diffs (toy/rover/sals), doesnt matter what shafts, or cvs etc. what Im interested is if anyone is having problems with the:

Front: swivel ball to axle case flange connection
rear: spindle (stub axle) to axle case flange connection

please let me know how much offset you are running and or what size wheel spacers. also how much the vehilce is driven

cheers,
Serg

FORGOT TO ADD:

what size wheel and what size tyres

Serg

on a 93 discovery.
i had 15/7's
cut and turned rims
dident have any issues exped a little rub when on full lock.

team_little_legs wrote:on a 93 discovery.
i had 15/7's
cut and turned rims
dident have any issues exped a little rub when on full lock.

do you have any offset or backspace measurements? like from the rim mounting surface to the outside lip of rim?

cheers,
Serg

16x7s with 55mm back spacing and 33's for 5+ years
now has 15x8s with 75mm back spacing and Q78s, no problems so far although its a dedicated bush truck, not a daily.

16 x 8.5 rims 4" backspace and 1 1/2" wheel spacers, 37's and no issues yet, mainly a play rig though.

roadies are 15 x8 neg 32 i think with 35's.

15x8 with +50mm offset (to retain steering lock)

12.5x35x15 BFG m/t's

Snapped axle to swivel mounting bolts when racing it.

Otherwise no wheel bearing or swivel pin problems in 100,000klm.

Oh and we flogged the shit out of it all the time.

bit off topic but does anyone know if i would be able to fit 32 by 11.5 on 7's ?

team_little_legs wrote:bit off topic but does anyone know if i would be able to fit 32 by 11.5 on 7's ?

Have had 33x12.5s (bfg muds) on 15x7s before. LCMP a couple of times, covered about 60000klm. Never a problem.

How is the project coming along, Serg?

Have you decided to go ahead with the spacers?

my mind is a world of fantasy

uninformed wrote:my mind is a world of fantasy

Stop giving us ammo

Have you thought of machining a spacer for between the axle housing and the swivels and getting Barry to make you longer axles to suit ?

That'll maintain your scrub radius/KPI and wont stress the bearings/stub axle, although you'll need some pretty good bolts.
I do remember Tombie on AULRO saying once that his neighbour/engineer did the sums on those huge offset rims he had on his Defender and they were nowhere near overloading the bearings.

rick130 wrote:

uninformed wrote:my mind is a world of fantasy

Stop giving us ammo

Have you thought of machining a spacer for between the axle housing and the swivels and getting Barry to make you longer axles to suit ?

That'll maintain your scrub radius/KPI and wont stress the bearings/stub axle, although you'll need some pretty good bolts.
I do remember Tombie on AULRO saying once that his neighbour/engineer did the sums on those huge offset rims he had on his Defender and they were nowhere near overloading the bearings.

WHAT! thats the craziest idea ive heard.......who in their right mind would do that

uninformed wrote:

rick130 wrote:

uninformed wrote:my mind is a world of fantasy

Stop giving us ammo

Have you thought of machining a spacer for between the axle housing and the swivels and getting Barry to make you longer axles to suit ?

That'll maintain your scrub radius/KPI and wont stress the bearings/stub axle, although you'll need some pretty good bolts.
I do remember Tombie on AULRO saying once that his neighbour/engineer did the sums on those huge offset rims he had on his Defender and they were nowhere near overloading the bearings.

WHAT! thats the craziest idea ive heard.......who in their right mind would do that

I was patiently waiting for someone to suggest it.

Micka wrote:

uninformed wrote:

rick130 wrote:

uninformed wrote:my mind is a world of fantasy

Stop giving us ammo

Have you thought of machining a spacer for between the axle housing and the swivels and getting Barry to make you longer axles to suit ?

That'll maintain your scrub radius/KPI and wont stress the bearings/stub axle, although you'll need some pretty good bolts.
I do remember Tombie on AULRO saying once that his neighbour/engineer did the sums on those huge offset rims he had on his Defender and they were nowhere near overloading the bearings.

WHAT! thats the craziest idea ive heard.......who in their right mind would do that

I was patiently waiting for someone to suggest it.

most ideas arent original, and considering i posted this question on 4 different forums its not supprising that someone came up with a crazy idea......

Micka wrote:

I was patiently waiting for someone to suggest it.

and when I posted that I had no idea some other crazy bastard had posted the same thing on Pirate until I received a phone call "are you taking the piss ?" LOL