Re: [MV] M151 WHEELS ON AN M100 TRAILER..WONT WORK!

fv74@altavista.net
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 07:48:12 -0400 (EDT)

Brent, I do not like wheel spacers, but you can probably find longer wheel studs through a speed shop. Moroso makes a full line of longer studs and I suspect they might have the right ones. I would not haul anything heavy in your trailer with wheel spacers. They are not even legal in some states. You also might be able to steal an eigth inch or so by putting a spacer behind your inner bearing race. Use the newer retaining washers as they are thinner.

Dave Fillman
45 MB

---- you wrote:
> List,
>
> A while back I posted a question to the list: Could I put M151
> wheels/7.00x16 tires on an old M100 trailer? I wanted to get my more
> valuable combat rims and 6.00x 16 tires off and put on some more common
> rubber.
>
> The answers were, yes, if you cut the center out larger for the hub center
> of the trailer.
>
> Well, I took my wheels to a guy who cut them out with a plasma cutter, and
> did a good job. I then took off my combat rims and tires and installed the
> M151 rim and tire. It slipped onto the hub and I got the nuts on, but the
> tire contacted the trailer body, and the springs. There isnt enough hub
> bolt left to allow me to add spacers between the rim and the hub to allow it
> to freely turn.
>
> Maybe somebody else succeeded in this, but I didn't. I'd love to know if
> anyone has done it, and what it involves, so please let the list know if you
> did it and how!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brent brent@multipro.com

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