47-55.1 Unexpected disk brake - wheel problem

[TX3100Guy]

Originally Posted by geezer#99

Now you got it figured!
Do you have a link to the 1 1/4 spacers you bought?

I bought them on eBay since I couldn't find 7/16-20 studs with a 6 by 5.5 bolt pattern (to match my lugs) on Speedway or Summit.....they may have them but they made it hard to find.

Here is a link to what I bought - https://www.ebay.com/itm/262252146185

Originally Posted by geezer#99

I looked up your smoothies on their website.
They certainly ain’t cheap.
A 16x7 would be the way to go but still not a guarantee they’d fit either. Sometimes the wheel is designed different when you swap to larger sizes.
And if you changed to a different rim style like the cragars, still no guarantee they’d fit.

Yeah, #1 reason I was disappointed given what I spent for them and the tires. I'd prefer the ones I bought, so the spacer/adapter should allow me to save my current investment.

Thanks!

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by TX3100Guy

I bought them on eBay since I couldn't find 7/16-20 studs with a 6 by 5.5 bolt pattern (to match my lugs) on Speedway or Summit.....they may have them but they made it hard to find.

Here is a link to what I bought - https://www.ebay.com/itm/262252146185

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Yeah, #1 reason I was disappointed given what I spent for them and the tires. I'd prefer the ones I bought, so the spacer/adapter should allow me to save my current investment.

Thanks!

You Buy longer studs at the local NAPA not through Summet or Speedway.

They have 16 pages of 7/16 lug studs listed. https://www.napaonline.com/en/search...%20&referer=v2

[leegreen]

geezer#99, How can you tell the spacers are hub centric? They look like they have tapered seats. The link does not appear to say specifically. Maybe there is a visual clue I am missing, but I have not had much to do with spacers.
I think I need hub rings for my wheels before I drive it so I want to learn more.

the wheels are not hub centric? - if this is the wheel in question https://www.summitracing.com/parts/usw-52-5660n

Mr48: he said he had trouble finding spacers with the right thread, not longer lugs

[TX3100Guy]

Originally Posted by leegreen

the wheels are not hub centric? - if this is the wheel in question https://www.summitracing.com/parts/usw-52-5660n

That is indeed the wheel, luckily I must have bought them before the latest inflationary price increase/gouging. I've had them for several months and paid less than that price, thankfully.

[TX3100Guy]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

You Buy longer studs at the local NAPA not through Summet or Speedway.

They have 16 pages of 7/16 lug studs listed. https://www.napaonline.com/en/search...%20&referer=v2

Actually, if you filter the 16 pages down to just studs that are 7/16-20 there are sixteen choices of varying lengths and knurl sizings. If I decide to throw out the spacers/adapters that I just bought and remove the calipers, rotors, brackets, and axle shafts to use the press to punch out six studs (on each side), so that I can press in six new longer studs and then reassemble everything so that I can use a different spacer and/or washers, I'll head to Napa.