oharajem(at)free.midcoast.com writes:
>While I've had the wheels since the Feb. VB sale, I am just about to
>retrofit bolt on hubs and tried on a loose front hub (not mounted on
>axle
>yet) to confirm the fit. As others have found, the front hub shoulder
>interferes and does not permit a perfect fit of the mating surfaces of
>the
>hub and wheel. A 1/8" - 3/16" spacer would do the trick however that
>raises
>a concern with giving up that same amount of space on the grip length
>of the
>wheel studs. Then again, I'll be loosing 1/4" on the rear hub studs
>with the
>Sunbeam Specialties wheel spacers I had planned to use. Should I be
>concerned or do I need to have the wheels machined? (I'd rather not).
>Has
>anyone else mounted up their new VB wheels yet? Fit problem or
>solutions?
>Scott Donnelly
Can anyone else conform that they're having this problem? I think we
should all gang up on VB for falsely advertising that their wheel fits
the Alpine and get them to pay whatever costs are involved to get them
to fit.
Christopher
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