Me either Wes. We be friends. The rims look great with the 5 ton, but the size of the pilot on our 939 hubs does not catch the second wheel. Any looseness in the outer bolt will let it move ever so little, but potentially enough to make a difference. I don't want to weld to my hub.
I set up a hub manufacturing company in Ohio, moved from Tennessee, so I do understand hub design. The above nut would be my first choice, which I agree with Mos68x to avoid trying to modify the hub and instead do work to the rim holes.
Please do me a favor and use calipers to measure the bolt hole on the rim as it presently is.
I would expect to make a tool to resize the hole and bevel it, piloted off the existing hole. I'm taking a leap of faith that they got the bolt holes reasonably close to their target location and that simply reaming them out would work fine. I'll consult with a friend to confirm a simple ream tool could be used.
I need the actual hole diameter in that rim and have sent request for specs on the nut in the link above. My guess is, that for $100, I can buy the tool to make them bolt piloted and not have to change the stud length. What do you think about the above linked aluminum to aluminum nut and opening the rim holes to fit?
I set up a hub manufacturing company in Ohio, moved from Tennessee, so I do understand hub design. The above nut would be my first choice, which I agree with Mos68x to avoid trying to modify the hub and instead do work to the rim holes.
Please do me a favor and use calipers to measure the bolt hole on the rim as it presently is.
I would expect to make a tool to resize the hole and bevel it, piloted off the existing hole. I'm taking a leap of faith that they got the bolt holes reasonably close to their target location and that simply reaming them out would work fine. I'll consult with a friend to confirm a simple ream tool could be used.
I need the actual hole diameter in that rim and have sent request for specs on the nut in the link above. My guess is, that for $100, I can buy the tool to make them bolt piloted and not have to change the stud length. What do you think about the above linked aluminum to aluminum nut and opening the rim holes to fit?
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