I have had that front hub problem with other wheels too. I just took mune
to a local machine shop and had them clean them up on a lathe. I really
wasn't a big deal and is a lot better than using a spacer. I bought a set
of the minilites with the knock off center hubs from VB and was very
pleased. Great fit and perfect offset. - Ian
Christopher Albers wrote:
> 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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