| Re: [GMCnet] RIMS [message #87830] |
Wed, 09 June 2010 08:27  |
Gary Cottingame
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Registered: January 2005
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Hupy
You got pictures to post to go with that explanation. (:^)
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Gary
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--- On Tue, 6/8/10, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:
From: James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] RIMS
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 8:48 PM
I used a different solution on my 78 Royale. I replaced the 16.5" steel
wheels with 16" steel wheels from Chev & Gmc 1 Ton FRONT wheels. Up to 1999
or 2000 (before metric) They are hub centered, but with the front brake
calipers that I run on my coach, there was an interference problem. How I
solved this was to machine some aluminum wheel spacers that were the same
thickness as the extended part of the front hub. I pressed out the original
wheel studs and replaced them with 1/2" longer studs. I then machined a
piece of stainless steel equal in thickness to the wheel with the Outside
diameter about .002" smaller than the wheel Inside diameter. these stainless
pieces are attatched to the hub with Flathead screws with allen sockets. I
now have hub centered 16" steel wheels again. I had a very difficult time
getting the wheels to run true without the hub extensions. She runs 75 mph
now with no wheel shake. With sand blasting, powder coating, long studs,
spacers etc., I still am into it for less money than the Alcoas. But this
won't be everyone's cup of tea but it works for me. Jim Hupy
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Chris Choffat <cchoffataz@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> They make them already. They are called hub adapters. They are crap. (At
> least the plastic ones are).
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> Harry wrote on Tue, 08 June 2010 16:45
> > Someone could make a spacer ring to fit between the hub and the larger
> holed rim.
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> --
> -Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
> 77 Ex-Kingsley 455, Power Drive, 3:21 FD, Quadra bag. The Engineer's
> Motorhome
> Scottsdale, AZ
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