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by Harry Moto » Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:21 am

Hmmm. I used a torque wrench when I installed the adapters, but then took them back off and saw marks on the wheels; apparantly when you are tired the stud looks short enough before it actually IS short enough. I ground them down enough (and carefully tested each one) prior to reinstall, but have have this minor vibration ever since I installed the spacers.

I also forgot to track the orientation of each tire on the hub (seriously, I should have done this on a different day!), so they probably didn't go back on in the same orientation as they came off. Some years ago you'd do the tire/wheel/hub with it still on the car, and it mattered which way the wheel went back on. They don't do that anymore?
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by Trail X » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:05 am

Assuming you do not have wheelcentric or hubcentric spacers, there can be a slight offset of the tire to the rotational center of the hub. That could be what you're feeling...
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by BSalty » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:18 pm

I don't understand. Why are you taking the spacers off with a wheel rotation? Am I missing something? :scratch: Are you rotating the spacers with the wheels?
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by b taylor » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:48 pm

The spacers stayed on, it was how the wheel was mounted on the spacer.
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by BSalty » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:31 pm

Ah ok. I misread what he was saying. I thought he was rotating spacers with the wheels. :?:
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by TangoBravo » Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:52 pm

I have 40,000 on my treadwrights and they still have alot of life left. They are awsome offroad at 18psi on highway I run 40psi. They show little abuse even though I have beat the crap out of them. Where I wheel has sand, rocks, and gravel. Once I made the switch to treadwrights and now knowing how good they really are I will never buy high price name brand tires but that's just my opinion. They so far have done everything tires 3 times there cost have done. And the customer service is unbeatable imo.
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