Aha moment.
This moves the wheel inward on the steel hub. Presumably, you need longer
bolts/studs to attach the hub to the wheel?
I got confused because the wire wheels I'm familiar with are 'one piece' (well,
74 pieces if you count the rim, the hub and all the spokes), and the inside of
the wheel hub butts up against the base of the axle hub, so there's no way to
move the wheel inward (you could probably tune the spokes to bring the wheel
in, but there's not much clearance with the drums and calipers as it is).
Obviously, there's still clearance between the wheel spokes and the drums or
rotors?
Thanks to Chris and Udo for taking the time and effort to explain--and
illustrate--this. What a fantastic List.
Bob
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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
Hi Bob
I don't have a drawing, but I'll try to explain... I'll capitalize the words
inside and outside because I think that's where the confusion starts.
Ok. Think of a bolt on rear wheel. You have a one piece wheel, and a hub it
bolts onto. 2 things. Adding a spacer on the hub - which mates to the INSIdE of
the wheel - will obviously move the wheel out.
But with a centrelock wheel, we have 3 parts. The wheel has a steel splined
hub, and an alloy "wheel" which are bolted together. Then it slides onto the
splined hub.
Unlike any one piece wheel, the minilite is a steel splined centre "hub" which
bolts onto the OUTSIDE of the alloy rim centre (not the inside).
The splined hub slides into the rim, from outside the rim, so the mating faces
to assemble the wheel are on the OUTSIDE of the rim centre.
Ie you have 3 pieces - your stub axle/ splined adaptor on your car - a splined
steel hub centre - and a alloy rim.
A spacer between the steel minilite wheel hub, and the OUTSIDE of the alloy
wheel centre, moves the rim inwards, ie back inside the guard.
Youre right Bob, a picture would help! I'll see what I can do....
Best
Chris
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