I don't know if this will work with 1/4" spacers but my 1/2" spacers are
machined so that the hole for the studs is counter sunk on the wheel
side to make clearance for the lug nut. In other words the lug has room
to come through the wheel and not make direct contact with the spacer.
However, I believe if the lugs were the correct length, they would not
make contact anyway. The contact should be against the wheel, not the
hub. The length of the lug should be just shorter than the thickness of
the wheel.
Richard Holden
AP(soon to be FP again)77
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Craig Blome wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Got a question about the wheel spacers I use with my
> race rims. I have a pretty basic set of 1/4", 4x100,
> non-hubcentric spacers I use with the front wheels on
> my Miata. When I first started using them, I noticed
> that they turned on the hub a tiny bit and were hard
> to pry off (steel lugs bite into aluminum spacers
> pretty viciously!) My procedure then was this:
>
> 1. jack up car
> 2. change wheels and install spacers
> 3. spin lug nuts tight (one good tug, maybe 15 lb-ft)
> 4. lower car
> 5. torque lug nuts to spec, car on ground
>
> I discovered if I added a couple of extra steps, the
> problem with turning went away:
>
> 6. drive car around pits
> 7. re-torque lug nuts to spec
>
> This doesn't happen when I use wheels without spacers.
> Any idea what's going on? Did I goof something up?
> I'm really more worried about abusing the lugs as
> they're more expense and fuss to replace than spacers.
> (and it'd be just my luck to get protested for having
> ARP wheel lugs... :)
>
> TIA,
> Craig Blome
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