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Part #: WHS-010
A friend of mine changed out his wheels and tires for some 37's on beadlocks, and I was lucky enough to get the spidertrax spacers off of his JK. Now I could keep my MOAB rims when I put on 35's. The Jeep wheels are hub-centric, so installing a spacer that isn't hub-centric can lead to a wheel not mounting correctly. Kind of like driving on an egg since it will be slightly off to one side. The JK spacers from Spidertrax are just like the older TJ model spacers in quality. Them make these in different lug patterns (JK to TJ and JK to CJ) and two different thickness .These 1.5" 5 on 5" 6061T6 Aluminum wheel spacers, there is 1.75" thick spacer also. The wheelspacers are anodized in dark blue, which is a double anodizing process for twice the corrosion resistance. In addition, each wheelspacer is wheel and hub centric for a perfect fit
Hub Centric Defined: Wheels are manufactured so that when they are installed on a vehicle, the wheels are located directly off of the center flange of the brake drum or rotor. This is done to insure that the outer beads of the wheel are concentric with the wheel bearings. The result is a much truer, better balanced tire/wheel assembly. This is very important with modern high tech suspension systems.
I've been asked if wheel spacers are dangerous on a few ocassions. My reply has always been that "Quality" spacers are not inherintly dangerous, cheap ones are definately dangerous. Spidertrax definately falls into the "Quality" category, but like any Mod, if installed or not maintained properly can be dangerous. This is not much different than not checking your lug nuts on your own wheels. Everytime you rotate the tires, double check the spidertrax spacers. Keep the studs clean and maintained. I've only heard of one problem with Spidetrax spacers and that was not a manufacturer issue, but a bad installation.
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N-m | Ft. Lbs. | In. Lbs. | |
Spidertrax nuts | 122 | 90 | |
Lugnuts | 110-122 | 80-90 |
This page last updated: 03-Nov-2014
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