| [GMCnet] Wheel Spacers [message #297039] |
Wed, 09 March 2016 18:07  |
glwgmc
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My web site is http://jerrywork.com. thedovetailjoint.com belongs to someone else but is no longer active. At one time it was an acid rock group out of the Chicago area.
The offset spacer Manny supplies with his 1 Ton kit is the required offset amount for 16” wheels to clear the larger calipers and rotors. I doubt if you could find a 16” wheel that would fit with a lesser offset. I don’t know about 17” or larger wheels. The 1 Ton bearings are designed for that offset so no issue as there can be with spacers on the stock front end. As Jim said, some coaches will experience some level of torque steer but it is well managed and only appears for most when accellerating up hill while turning. There is nothing to be gained by moving the front wheels out to be the same width as the rears. The factory easily could have done so, but they elected not to. The rear wheels were widened as much as possible to keep the tire wells from intruding too much on the interior. No such issue with the fronts whether they were moved in or out.
Jerry
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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:05:02 -0800
From: James Hupy
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] WHEEL SPACERS
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If you go onto machinesoflovinggrace.com I think you will find excellent
pictures that will answer your questions better than I can. If you can't
find them there, look on thedovetailjoint.com That is Jerry Work's site.
Click on gmc link.
Jim Hupy
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wheel Spacers [message #297071 is a reply to message #297039] |
Thu, 10 March 2016 08:22  |
Mr ERFisher
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On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, Gerald Work wrote:
> My web site is http://jerrywork.com. .....
>
> thedovetailjoint.com belongs to someone else but is no longer active. At
> one time it was an acid rock group out of the Chicago area.
>
> This might be more clear 😄😄😄😄😄
>
> The offset spacer Manny supplies with his 1 Ton kit is the required offset
> amount for 16” wheels to clear the larger calipers and rotors. I doubt if
> you could find a 16” wheel that would fit with a lesser offset. I don’t
> know about 17” or larger wheels. The 1 Ton bearings are designed for that
> offset so no issue as there can be with spacers on the stock front end. As
> Jim said, some coaches will experience some level of torque steer but it is
> well managed and only appears for most when accellerating up hill while
> turning. There is nothing to be gained by moving the front wheels out to
> be the same width as the rears. The factory easily could have done so, but
> they elected not to. The rear wheels were widened as much as possible to
> keep the tire wells from intruding too much on the interior. No such issue
> with the fronts whether they were moved in or out.
>
> Jerry
> Jerry Work
> The Dovetail Joint
> Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple
> building in historic Kerby, OR
>
> glwork@mac.com
> http://jerrywork.com
>
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> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:05:02 -0800
> From: James Hupy
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] WHEEL SPACERS
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> If you go onto machinesoflovinggrace.com I think you will find excellent
> pictures that will answer your questions better than I can. If you can't
> find them there, look on thedovetailjoint.com That is Jerry Work's site.
> Click on gmc link.
> Jim Hupy
> On Mar 9, 2016 12:00 PM, "A." wrote:
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