Posted: 6/19/2017 1:50:40 PM EDT
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What says the hive? Who gives a shit? Or oh my god your wheel is going to fly off.
I was always against them for geometry/load reasons. But the truck I bought the other year has 2" spacers on in the front and I didn't realize it until the first brake job. I just assumed the front axle was wider than the rear (not uncommon on solid axle fronts). So running them, and not knowing it basically switched my opinion to "who gives a shit". My opinion is also helped by the fact that I can't remove them without the tires rubbing the shit out of the leafs 
I finally got around to buying spacers for the rear to de-mexicanize my truck, I was surprised that wheel spacers are still such an item of contention to some. 
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Make sure they're hubcentric and you have the correct lugs/studs.
Most idiots buy spacers that 1) aren't hubcentric or 2) don't have the correct lugs PS - Discount Tire (and many other wheel/tire stores) won't touch wheels with spacers. I had to convince them to mount my wheels because mine were hubcentric. |
| I wouldn't run them, far better to order rims with the correct offset, although spacing wheels out 2" is most likely going to be a bearing eater anyway..if you are playing with a Dana 60 front, you can scrounge up dually hubs for it which will space the wheels out..in the rear you can swap in a dually axle and run it with single rear wheel rims to gain width...or just retube the stock housing and have after market axles made to fit...again, I wouldn't run spacers on my stuff or a customers...period.. |
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I wouldn't run them, far better to order rims with the correct offset, although spacing wheels out 2" is most likely going to be a bearing eater anyway..if you are playing with a Dana 60 front, you can scrounge up dually hubs for it which will space the wheels out..in the rear you can swap in a dually axle and run it with single rear wheel rims to gain width...or just retube the stock housing and have after market axles made to fit...again, I wouldn't run spacers on my stuff or a customers...period.. I had the same opinion as you, until I realized I had been running them. |
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I have a 50 in the front. I *think* I can get dually spacers for it, but aren't all duallies known for eating hubs? I had the same opinion as you, until I realized I had been running them. Quoted:
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I wouldn't run them, far better to order rims with the correct offset, although spacing wheels out 2" is most likely going to be a bearing eater anyway..if you are playing with a Dana 60 front, you can scrounge up dually hubs for it which will space the wheels out..in the rear you can swap in a dually axle and run it with single rear wheel rims to gain width...or just retube the stock housing and have after market axles made to fit...again, I wouldn't run spacers on my stuff or a customers...period.. I had the same opinion as you, until I realized I had been running them. |
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Although they get called the same thing, they are not.
There are wheel spacers, which fit between the hub and wheel and use the existing bolts, which gives you less thread for your lugnuts. Those have been implicated with the wheels falling off and shearing the bolts, and all sorts of nightmares. Hub adapters, which are sometimes called wheel spacers, use their own bolts and bolt to your hub bolts, then are typically frozen in place with her Loctite.They are 100% safe to use, and I have logged over 100,000 miles on different vehicles with them both on the highway and on the trails. If you plan on using hub adapters, Spidertrax is probably the best company for them. Just remember to buy spare bolts, because dumb fuck tire shop guys with impact wrenches can sometime shear them, and replacements may take a week or two to ship. |
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Not that I have seen, factory dually hubs have the rim plate cast in a different spot on the hub..meaning no spacer...I have seen hubs from a company that had taken a stock hub and machined off the rim plate and welded their own plate in a different spot.....no idea how well it held up....I will say I am surprised yours has 2" offset and turns without catching the shit out of the frame and body...even a 1/2" will cause issues with turn radius and rubbing shit on most pickups... My K5 w/ 6in and 35's rubbed more
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It rubs very very infrequently. Level ground, lock to lock no rub. One wheel in a ditch against the lock? It's going to rub. My K5 w/ 6in and 35's rubbed more Quoted:
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Not that I have seen, factory dually hubs have the rim plate cast in a different spot on the hub..meaning no spacer...I have seen hubs from a company that had taken a stock hub and machined off the rim plate and welded their own plate in a different spot.....no idea how well it held up....I will say I am surprised yours has 2" offset and turns without catching the shit out of the frame and body...even a 1/2" will cause issues with turn radius and rubbing shit on most pickups... My K5 w/ 6in and 35's rubbed more My buddies f350 buggy rubs hard with 14" wide rims, barely touches with 12". Even with moving offset to counter the width.,but we are talking 44's...and stock turning radius, unlike our chevies where we greatly improve turn radius and can still turn to lock and not rub... Attached File This has studded 35's on it for winter, but you can see the 44's leaning against the wall.. Attached File |
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Absolutely nothing wrong with a high quality, hub-centric spacer. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/ZakkWylde470/2011-06-01_19-50-41_902.jpg I wouldn't use the ones in OPs post though since they lack the hubcentric ring. Here's what you want: 
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Inexpensive way to solve some clearance problems or get a more aggressive stance, but I am not a fan. The low-end ones suck and can pose quite a risk...and even the best quality seem like a compromise in safety. Yeah, yours are great and you ran Moab and the Rubicon Trail on them. Cool for you. Hope they keep working for you.
I ponied up for replacement hub-centric wheels with less backspacing. More expensive. Less for me to worry about (and torque). |
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You got pics of this bomber? Must be closer to stock sized tires? I am surprised it doesn't rub more...2" is a lot... My buddies f350 buggy rubs hard with 14" wide rims, barely touches with 12". Even with moving offset to counter the width.,but we are talking 44's...and stock turning radius, unlike our chevies where we greatly improve turn radius and can still turn to lock and not rub... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/404934/image-234294.JPG This has studded 35's on it for winter, but you can see the 44's leaning against the wall.. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/404934/image-234297.JPG |
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Make sure they're hubcentric and you have the correct lugs/studs. Most idiots buy spacers that 1) aren't hubcentric or 2) don't have the correct lugs PS - Discount Tire (and many other wheel/tire stores) won't touch wheels with spacers. I had to convince them to mount my wheels because mine were hubcentric. |
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I have a 50 in the front. I *think* I can get dually spacers for it, but aren't all duallies known for eating hubs? I had the same opinion as you, until I realized I had been running them. Mine did, but those were really weird axles and I wasn't a fan of them. |
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You got pics of this bomber? Must be closer to stock sized tires? I am surprised it doesn't rub more...2" is a lot... My buddies f350 buggy rubs hard with 14" wide rims, barely touches with 12". Even with moving offset to counter the width.,but we are talking 44's...and stock turning radius, unlike our chevies where we greatly improve turn radius and can still turn to lock and not rub... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/404934/image-234294.JPG This has studded 35's on it for winter, but you can see the 44's leaning against the wall.. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/404934/image-234297.JPG |
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I've never been interested in them, but I know one local guy that was using them on his "bro-dozer" truck (10" lifted F-250 6.0, tires stuck way out, you know the look) that lost a front wheel while driving and ended up in the ditch! Got to see the aftermath of that one, lucky for him he had just turned recently and wasn't going too fast yet.
I've had a couple friends use them without a problem, but they are guys that don't keep the same vehicles around very long either. |