Spacer problem

20th March 2008, 23:36

i have 25mm hubcentric spacers and when i fit them and try and bolt my wheel and bolts to it, the bolts are too long and the wheel wont fit tight at all...any ideas what i can do or what bolts i need?? thanks

20th March 2008, 23:55

Are they hubcentric ones? If not, then you need 25mm bigger bolts than standard.

21st March 2008, 00:31

did you put the spigot rings pn the inside of the spacers?
them plastic rings which come with your wheels

21st March 2008, 01:32

the wheel fits perfect on the spacer its just the bolts are too long...??

21st March 2008, 10:35

Did the spacer not come with new proper length wheel bolts?

21st March 2008, 12:04

Only bolts that came with the spacer was to attatch the spacer to the hub.....

21st March 2008, 12:45

i know exactly what you mean. i had the same problem with mine. i dont think the others have understood.

basically you need shorter bolts. no way round it. i found that some cheap locking bolts from ebay were a couple of mm shorter and they did the job perfect. they were under a tenner for 4 so it will probly cost you around £40 but that will get you locking wheel nuts all round.

if you need a temp fix, you can stick a couple of mm spacer in between the wheel and the hubcentric spacer. this will let you use the bolts you have at the moment but i wouldnt advise doing it for a long period of time.

21st March 2008, 13:25

or cut ur bolts down a bit thats wot i would do

23rd March 2008, 03:22

is it safe to cut the bolts??

23rd March 2008, 10:40

yeah as long as a good amount of tread still goes in it will be fine just cut a bit of at a time till u get it right then cut the rest to that length and it will be fine

23rd March 2008, 15:14

ok cheers mate..some rep for you...

24th March 2008, 18:48

thanks a lot m8