[Shotimes] Widebody '94 SHO

[Zach Leahy]

You are 42mm from the outer face of the rim, so adding rim width changes the
depth which moved the centerline if your offsett stays the same.
 Z

 On 11/10/05, cmichaelo@optonline.net <cmichaelo@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> OK, help me understand something then. I'm starting to get myself
> confused.
>
> I believe "ground zero" is +42mm offset, regardless of rim width. Thus
> getting wider rims shouldn't make a difference on the stress, as long as
the
> offset is the same.
>
> On the other hand, I would think that any time you move the wheels out (or
> in for that matter) you change the stress on the bearing, cause you are in
> effect changing the relative pivot point when you insert spacer, or when
you
> install wheels with a different offset.
>
> Michael
> 94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
> SHO items for sale: http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 5:27 pm
> Subject: RE: RE: [Shotimes] Widebody '94 SHO
>
> > No
> >
> > If he gets 2" wider wheels, and gets 1" less offset, he's back to
> > groundzero.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-
> > admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of cmichaelo@optonline.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:48 PM
> > To: Bill Murray
> > Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: RE: [Shotimes] Widebody '94 SHO
> >
> > Whether he pushes the wheels out with say 2" spacers or he get
> > wheels with
> > 2" shorter offset will have the same effect on the spindles wrt
> > stress.
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