Hey fellas,Just slapped some new wheels and snow tires on the wifey's truck. I had to use Mr. Gasket wheel spacers for the wheels as the backspacing was off on the rims I bought.Anyhow, I noticed when I was putting them on that I had to re-torque 3 times. I put them on, torqued down to 100 ft/lbs. Rechecked torque after getting all (4) on and all (4) had to be re-tightened. Took it out for a test drive (5 miles) and all four needed retorqued again. Took it out for another 5 mile romp and when I got back all was well.I figure as the spacers are aluminum they have a bit of give and need to be retightened a few times?Anyone have a similar experience?Doc

I had a pair of the Mr. Gasket aluminum spacers on the front of a 1983 Novamany years ago. The Crager SS wheels that I was using were from a car withdrum brakes (they were old wheels) and the Nova had disc brakes. The lugsseamed to loosen about every 3 or 4 days. I soon got the right wheels forthe Nova.But again these were UNI-LUG wheels and they in them selves had a tendencyto get loose on their own.But does the truck drive the same with the winter tires? I mean the shimmythat you had.Brian

Anyone in here have experience with wheel spacers?

Dec 11, 2004 42 Replies

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el Diablo 21 years ago

I'll second that.

Brian

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"Doc" 21 years ago

Exactly why I took em' off my friend.

Doc

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Demon 21 years ago

Theres a few folks around Calgary and area that have a 4.5" spacer behind military Hummer rims on their rigs. Theres a machinist here that spins them from solid 4340 H.T.S.R. slugs. They're a solid one piece unit that bolts to the hub, with a second set of lugs for the rim to bolt to. No lugs have to be ground down. Chris @ Evolution Machining & fabrication makes them. If you scroll through the SERVICES section theres a picture of them. Jen's big red jeep on their Main page was the first set he made. Not financially feasable for the average Joe, but absolutely worth it for the serious wheeler.

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