Lawrence,
Thanks for the info. I think that's what Jarrid meant (right Jarrid?). I
measured my wheel (with the tyre fitted) by laying the wheel face down,
placing a straight-edge across the back of the wheel so that the
straight-edge sat on the lip that runs around the circumference of the
wheel, then measuring from the back face of the mounting hub up to the
straight-edge. I took Jarrid's statement to mean that I need to subtract the
thickness of the rim where the tyre mounts. This would give me about 3.5in
offset.
Cheers,
Paul.
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From: Lawrence E. Mayfield
To: jarrid_gross; paul.heuer
Cc: alpines
Subject: Re: wheel offset stuff
Date: Monday, July 28, 1997 10:40PM
Wheel ofset is measured from the inside RIM to the mounting flange, not the
inside of the tire.
At 02:18 AM 7/28/97 EDT, jarrid_gross(at)juno.com wrote:
>
>On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:07 +0930 "Heuer, Paul"
><paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:
>
>>Hi Jarrid,
>>I had a chance to measure my wheel offset on the weekend. (Remember
>>14x6
>>minilite clones)
>>It is 3.75 inches (from the back face of the hub to the innermost edge
>>of
>>the wheel).
>>You said 4in offset would work for you, but my front wheels sit out
>>from the
>>front guards by about an inch! The police here will put me off the
>>road for
>>that, not to mention the spray coming off the tyres on a wet road.
>>When you
>>said you had plenty of room, you meant in this dimension didn't you?
>>With my offset I have more than an inch space between the inside of
>>the
>>wheel and the top ball joint, so I could manage 4.75 in offset if I
>>had to.
>>
>>Have you flared out your front guards, or is the track different
>>between
>>your series 2 and my series 3?
>>Curiouser and curiouser....
>>Paul.
>
>Paul, first lets talk tires, mine were 205s, and as I said, I had
>something like
>4.25 or 4.5 inch offset. If your tires are wider, then you will need
>more offset.
>
>Are your rims really 6 inches?
>
>Also, I think offset it measured from the inside lip of the tire to the
>mounting
>flange. This will put you at a another 1/4 inch disadvantage.
>
>Wider than 6 inches needs more offset.
>
>The series II have the same track as the others, and I have not rolled
>my fenders. I know of some Tiger folks who use various parts of the
>early suspensions because the early one have metal bushings. The
>parts all hold the same suspension geometries even though they
>are quite different in design.
>
>Did you have tires on the rims, or are you extrapolating the position
>that
>the tires would have been at?
>
>Remember the suspension should/must have some negative camber, which
>will tuck those tires in at the top.
>
>I home something here helps.
>
>Jarrid
>
L.E. Mayfield
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