RenaissanceMan Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 and now it would appear that I can drill/machine wheels... What is really nice is that I get it on exact center with the hub centric. The face angle cutter allows me to cut into the two recycled holes and change the 139.7mm to exactly 140 mm diameter. No worrying about freeway vibrations! I left plenty of room on my jig so I can drill other holes in my jig for non 6-lug bolt patterns. I'm going to do some searching at the junkyards for some pretty aluminum alloys. If I can find sets that dont have the casting "hollowed" on the back side inbetween the original bolt pattern, then I can redrill accordingly. (and also mill out the hub centric cause a lot of things have a smaller diameter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Very trick! I like what I see coming out of your workshop, its always high quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txakura Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Wow cool stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hey! Sweet jig! Did you learn that in an Irish pub? Sorry, lame joke. So you can take just about any 6 lug to that thing? Cool. I might request your services for some wheels in the future... Twitch(ing with joy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scooby Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 thats cool and all but i would rather re drill the factory hubs to 6lug, it looks so much better and is stronger then re drilling the rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 age old arguement,had both on the brat and never had a problem with either. its all nice and neat that you have access to machine parts ,but you can do this with some careful measuring and a good drillbit too. cheers, brian thats cool and all but i would rather re drill the factory hubs to 6lug, it looks so much better and is stronger then re drilling the rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaissanceMan Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 age old arguement,had both on the brat and never had a problem with either. its all nice and neat that you have access to machine parts ,but you can do this with some careful measuring and a good drillbit too. cheers, brian Can you buy a drill bit with a 60 degree tip? Anyway, moreso what I was interested in, is that I can drill other bolt patterns to the jig, and re-drill wheels other than 6x5.5 to 4x140. I'm wonderin about maybe something like 4x100 or 5x100 and making a small hub cap that would cover that bolt pattern after being redrilled -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) i am not bashin,i just think that people get to caught upin.."oh, i have to have a machine shop do this" kinda attitude , and it is very apprehensive for them. i just wanted to point out that you do not need a mill to do rims, or hubs.just some careful measurements,and nice drillbits bixby tool has countersinks with a 60* tip........ and it would be rad to be able to drill other rims.....but i would rather have hubs drilled for somethin other than 6 lug...........what about that?cheers, brian Edited March 10, 2009 by monstaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivantruckman Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Ive beat the crap out of my hand drilled rims, no problem. but CNC equipment is way cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Can you buy a drill bit with a 60 degree tip? Anyway, moreso what I was interested in, is that I can drill other bolt patterns to the jig, and re-drill wheels other than 6x5.5 to 4x140. I'm wonderin about maybe something like 4x100 or 5x100 and making a small hub cap that would cover that bolt pattern after being redrilled -Mike the Hubs are the strongest with the stock holes and studs, the fronts are stronger then the back , when you drill new holes they are now placed in the thinner unbraced part of the casting, so its nice keeping with at least 2 of the original holes/studs wich happens with the 6 bolt hub mod, now looking at these hubs the rear has a lot of meat if you went with a smaller bolt circle the fronts have those 4 indents for the disc bilts you have to deal with 4 x 100 may work , keep us updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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