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Offline sychosis

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Whats safer?
« on: 23 August 2011, 12:37 »
Hi

Quick question.

Whats safer? Hubcentric spacers that bolt to your hub then the wheel bolts to the spacer, or hubcentric spacer with longer bolts?

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Re: Whats safer?
« Reply #1 on: 23 August 2011, 12:38 »
Wheels that bolt to the hub.

The other two are for nonces.

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Re: Whats safer?
« Reply #2 on: 23 August 2011, 12:40 »
out of them to wouldnt it be the longer bolted ones, although is suppose spacers bolted to the hud and then wheel bolted to them works for hub adaptors fine


im gunna say spacers bolted to hub

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Re: Whats safer?
« Reply #3 on: 23 August 2011, 12:51 »
OK looks like i'm gonna have to save for new spacers  :sad:

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Re: Whats safer?
« Reply #4 on: 23 August 2011, 12:54 »
They're both as safe as each other.

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Re: Whats safer?
« Reply #5 on: 23 August 2011, 12:55 »
just use what you have to get the wheels on.

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Re: Whats safer?
« Reply #6 on: 24 August 2011, 00:59 »
got failed exampels of both at work.

decent spacers that bolt to the hub are the better of the two bodges provideing they are made of a sutable material.

i wouldn't trust alloy ones TBH  unless i knew exactly what alloy it was made from and looked at the numbers myself. threads have a nasty habbit of stripping,  steel is much tougher but heavyer.

the other way if there is plenty of meat in the center of the rim is to drill and tap the rim and bolt the spacer to the rim then bolt though
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