Wheel adapter questions

KarlVP · May 8, 2012

Will 2 piece wheel adapters hold up in a wheeling environment?

I found two different sets of wheel adapters for my project. The 2 piece adapters are half of the cost of the one piece design.

Anyone have any experience with a 2 piece adapter on a rig that gets the **** kicked out of it?

Boonie Buster · May 8, 2012

Sounds scary, more pieces, more shear points... :eeek:

Do you have a link to the two piece style?

KarlVP · May 8, 2012

http://www.ezaccessory.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=5450-8650P&CartID=1

Bolt the inner ring on using the factory studs, then bolt the outer ring to the inner ring using some allen head bolts. Then bolt the wheel to the outer ring.

Sounds sketch to me.

WHITE TRASH1 · May 8, 2012

I'd buy new wheels long before I'd trust threaded aluminium to hold my heavy tires & wheels on.

Toyotanut · May 8, 2012

I'd do the one piece or new wheels personally.

Mrblue · May 8, 2012

WHITE TRASH said:
I'd buy new wheels long before I'd trust threaded aluminium to hold my heavy tires & wheels on.

X2 just get the proper offset wheels...:awesomework:

Boonie Buster · May 8, 2012

Ya, I don't want my little Karl hurt because he cheaped out on an important part of his build. :kissmybutt:

benw1 · May 8, 2012

He is obviously trying to convert a rear axle from 5x4.5 to 8x6.5 How do new wheels help him do that?

I would just convert both of the axles to 5x5.5. No adapters needed.

mark · May 8, 2012

benw said:
He is obviously trying to convert a rear axle from 5x4.5 to 8x6.5 How do new wheels help him do that?

I would just convert both of the axles to 5x5.5. No adapters needed.

Or just put a real axle in the back of it to match the front :fawkdancesmiley:

Hip · May 8, 2012

id just get new axels with the 8 bolt pattern....

i certainly would not trust aluminium threads to hold my wheels on......

Hip · May 8, 2012

mark said:
Or just put a real axle in the back of it to match the front :fawkdancesmiley:

or a 150 dollar 14 bolt.....200 dollar dana sixty rear....just sayin.

TreeClimber · May 8, 2012

Have you checked into the cost of new rear axle shafts with the correct bolt pattern and/or the cost of new wheel hubs with the correct bolt pattern?

Unless you need to widen the housing, I prefer to NOT use wheel spacers.

That typed, I do have 1/2 spacers in the back, to keep the tires from rubbing the springs. And I did buy 1.5 inch spacers for TTC, but didn't need them.

Poohbair · May 8, 2012

WHITE TRASH said:
I'd buy new wheels long before I'd trust threaded aluminium to hold my heavy tires & wheels on.

There are THOUSANDS of wheelin rigs, especially Toyotas, running around on threaded aluminum spacers.

I beat the **** out of mine w/ H1's and 39.5" Rockers for 2 years w/o any problems at all...

benw1 · May 8, 2012

Poohbair said:
There are THOUSANDS of wheelin rigs, especially Toyotas, running around on threaded aluminum spacers.

I beat the **** out of mine w/ H1's and 39.5" Rockers for 2 years w/o any problems at all...

What? I've never seen a toyota running a 2 piece bolt together adapter like karl is talking about. I can't imagine why they would, toyota guys are never trying to change the bolt pattern. They are just trying to make up for narrow axles and use a normal 1-piece spacer with press-in studs.

Poohbair · May 8, 2012

:eeek:

benw said:
What? I've never seen a toyota running a 2 piece bolt together adapter like karl is talking about. I can't imagine why they would, toyota guys are never trying to change the bolt pattern. They are just trying to make up for narrow axles and use a normal 1-piece spacer with press-in studs.

I never said toys were running 2piece units ...

White Trash said he wouldn't trust aluminum holding heavy totes and wheels ... I was just saying it is out there everywhere

benw1 · May 9, 2012

He is talking about the threads holding the 2 piece adapters together. That has nothing to do with 1 piece adapters. 1 piece adapters don't have any threads in them.

boardbysled · May 9, 2012

What about just getting the WMS of the axle redrilled to 8 lug?

WHITE TRASH1 · May 9, 2012

benw said:
He is talking about the threads holding the 2 piece adapters together. That has nothing to do with 1 piece adapters. 1 piece adapters don't have any threads in them.

Exactly there is a gifuckingnormous difference between aluminum spacers with splined press in studs vs 2 piece adapters that are held together by bolts threaded into one of them.