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| Darren:
Bernd, the bolts should not be supporting the wheel, merely clamping it onto the hub. This would be far too much strain on the bolts. The location and support comes from the central boss. :thumbup: |
| Bernd:
Darren, Believe it or not I thought the same thing. But I've seen this on the guy's 1/4 mile drag cars. The bolts center and hold the wheel. VW has always had there rims supported by the center hole. These rims are not VW manufactured. Guess were they were made? And being universal they have several bolt hole patterns. Bernd |
| kvom:
I had this discussion on another forum recently. The studs/bolts should not support the wheel; they should be centered in the mountinjg holes by the conical end of the lugnuts. The studs are in compression and not in shear. Nor should the center hub support the wheel. Rather, the wheel and tire are supported by the clamping force to the wheel mounting surface. |
| Bernd:
Looks like I'll be making a ring to fit between the wheel hole and the center hub. Thanks for the info Kirk. Bernd |
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