I was wondering what I will break if I flip around the AA wheels on my rig. I just put some 235/75-15 wildcats on it but for some reason the left rear is rubbing on the bolt the swing arm pivots on. I flipped around that wheel so I could drive it home (didn't want to make a 2nd trip to Les Schwab's ) I was thinking that I could increase my wheel base and fix the whole rubbing problem by just flipping all 4 wheels around.

 

 

any thoughts?

Edited March 26, 200917 yr by pyro926
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You'd need tapers in the back of the wheels stud holes wouldn't you? otherwise they will never tighten properly and thats a bad thing.

Edited March 26, 200917 yr by Phizinza

It's easy to taper the holes a little. I don't think it would take much. The center of the wheel fits rather tight around the hubs/drums.

What's the backspace on them wheels? I've considered using homemade spacers, if necessary, on my nissan's.

if you taper the holes on the other side i would worry about them pulling out. how far would they stick out ?

I was wondering what I will break if I flip around the AA wheels on my rig. I just put some 235/75-15 wildcats on it but for some reason the left rear is rubbing on the bolt the swing arm pivots on. I flipped around that wheel so I could drive it home (didn't want to make a 2nd trip to Les Schwab's ) I was thinking that I could increase my wheel base and fix the whole rubbing problem by just flipping all 4 wheels around.

 

 

any thoughts?

 

that should be a common size for those wheels.... are you sure there's not something bent?

But no one has added that this will put a lot of added stress on your wheel bearings. If you do decide to do this, you'll probably eat up the wheel bearings rather quickly and they tend to get expensive when you gotta replace them every few months...

put a lot of added stress on your wheel bearings.

 

That is what I was afraid of.

 

That is what I was afraid of.

 

Also, whenever you hit anything in the trail that sticks up at all, the tire will catch harder than usual and rip the steering wheel from your hands.

that should be a common size for those wheels.... are you sure there's not something bent?

 

The only thing that I can see that could be bent would be the entire swing arm. Either that or it has slid toward the middle of the car pulling the tire/wheel into it.

 

I just did a rear spring swap, wonder if that did it. Never removed anything I didn't need to.....hmmmm, interesting.....

how much does it hit? you can get little wheel spacers for cheap from tire shops. typically 3mm-8mm thickness without adding extended studs. think that would solve the problem?

 

you're going to eat up wheel bearings and most likely hit a bunch of stuff with the wider track.

It does not hit much now, but I've already spaced it out with a couple washers. I'm afraid of spacing it too far. Doesn't it have to have the middle ring on the hub inside the ring on the wheel?

I had to space my rears as well with the same wheels/tires. I used two standard sized washers on each lug.

 

 

Another thing you'll break is lug nuts/studs ... even now my bigger wheels are pretty hard on them...

I put a couple more washers behind them, now it won't rub. But it's still weird it's only rubbing on one side. And I can't figure out what might be bent to cause it to rub. Seems like the wheel or hub would give before the swingarm would.

I put a couple more washers behind them, now it won't rub. But it's still weird it's only rubbing on one side. And I can't figure out what might be bent to cause it to rub. Seems like the wheel or hub would give before the swingarm would.

 

I'll bet the bushing in the arm that rubs is shifted to one side of the pivot.

 

This lets the arm ride a little closer to the wheel