Wheel adapters
- Thread starter rogerk93
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LeighP
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It'll increase the scrub radius on the front. Doing this adds loads to the wheel bearings and ball joints on the front and adds load to the rear wheel bearings. It may also magnify any poor front alignment issues.
You're already running an increased track with the wheels you have....do you really need more track?
You're already running an increased track with the wheels you have....do you really need more track?
There is no difference between the two. You just need to be aware that less back spacing will put more stress on your bearings and ball joints. Not enough to matter to me but, you will need to replace them sooner than you would need to with stock back spacing.
DWiggles
Caught the Bug
It creates a "moment" factor, basically the further out from the original design is a 1:1 multiplier of the stress applied to the bearing. (If the factory off set is "x", and you put wheels with spacers to have a total off set of "2x" you will be loading the bearings with exactly twice the stress of the factory orientation.
rogerk93
New member
Is the increased stability worth the stress applied to the ball joints?
If all your after is stability I don't think I would even bother spending money on spacers. Most people use them to effectively increase backspacing because at say 4.5" they're rubbing something at full lock.