Wheel wobble and steering shaking after installing hubcentric 15mm bolt on spacers!!
#17
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
im wondering if anyone else has had this issue..ill look into getting some rings for the wheels..any recommended places to get em? or should ebay be fine? also..how do i find out the hub ring size is on my works?
Last edited by 4play4dr; 05-19-10 at 09:56 PM.
#19
Lexus Champion
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I got my rings from B2Designs. They are a vendor on here. If you can get them locally then that'll be cool. Here are two pics I snapped with the camera phone of the spacer with & without the hub ring. Those dark smudges on the spacer is dried up anti-seize that I later cleaned off.
#20
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
so off the top of anyones head who may have rings on the work wheels..anyone kno what size they are?..i would assume theyre all the same..i couldnt find anything on the sticker on the wheels..jus says offset and width
#24
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
forgot to update this thread...so i got the hubcentric rings and they fit nice and perfect..but i still get that wobble..could my wheels/tires be off-balanced? they dont vibrate or anything without the spacers and rings
what else should i look for?
what else should i look for?
#28
Racer
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Thats actually pretty strange. Since you didn't have hub rings originally, the wheels should have had vibrations with or without the spacers. Getting hub-centric spacers is great because they are hub-centric to the car but if they are not hub-centric to the wheels then its kind of pointless. Since the hub rings didn't solve the problem I would recommend having the wheels re-balanced. While it's on the balancer might as well check for any bends. Also if you are installing them to your own vehicle make to you do not under/over torque you wheels as that may also cause vibrations. Torque the wheels to 80lbs with a torque wrench as a air gun may over torque them.
Last edited by Sonic_RC; 07-11-10 at 08:33 AM.
#30
Lexus Test Driver
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Just my thought. When you first posted this topic you mentioned you could spin the front wheels and see a noticeable wobble. Too me that says you have bad hub spacers. I mean, to actually see a wobble is very bad. Normally without hub rings things look perfect but vibrate at speed. If your wheels are visibly rolling like clown wheels just by spinning them by hand you have a serious problem. Since your wheels are okay its the spacers.