Hemmt wheels hub flip

[Hooty481]

Going tomorrow to pickup my New Hemmt wheels that have been recentered and was wondering if i will need to flip the rear hubs.

these are the wheels and was wondering if i could just make them dish out

what do you think?

 

[Ruppster]

As long as the holes for the lug nuts are countersunk on both sides I don't see why it won't work. That's how they do it on the five tons. I like the looks of the rear rims being deep dish out anyhow.


Ruppster

 

[drgreg]

HEMTT.
I would flip them on a Deuce.

 

[tie6044]

From the looks of that picture it looks like they made them two different ways, one looks set up for the front and on looks set up for the back by putting the plate on different sides.

 

[Ruppster]

Is it made two different ways or is it just a plate that is bolted in between the two halves of the rim? Looks to me like it's a plate in the middle of the two halves.


Ruppster

 

[KsM715]

I believe those are set up so the new plate is held in place by the rim bolts it can be bolted on either the front or the back side, not inbetween. If it was in between it would have a hard time holding air.

As far as the hub flip I cant tell you for certain but I bet you dont have to flip them.

 

[gringeltaube]

I believe those are set up so the new plate is held in place by the rim bolts it can be bolted on either the front or the back side, not inbetween. If it was in between it would have a hard time holding air.
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As far as the hub flip I cant tell you for certain but I bet you dont have to flip them......

.....unless you don't like the fact that the rear wheels will be sticking about 1" farther out compared to the fronts...
Technically speaking not a problem, just an esthetic question, IMHO.

G.

 

[patracy]

Those have "adapter" plates on them. Notice the wheel nuts are facing different sides. So you can run them either side.

IMHO, I'd flip the hubs to keep the track even. Plus with them being "flipped" like that, unless the lug nut holes are beveled on both sides, you can only run the rears on the rear and fronts on front. When they're all the same way, you can easily swap around.

Another good/bad thing about flipping the hubs is finding out the condition of the bearings and brakes. One of my wheel bearings had NO grease (only gear oil residue). The others weren't that great. And I found a bad wheel cyl. It was a lot of work to fix everything, but I'm a lot happier I know what shape everything is in now.