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It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers
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Re: It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers
You, sir, are precisely who the younger "set" needs to be learning from.
The DIY ethos is one that I strive to employ wherever possible...much more satisfying.
There's a Bridgeport machine over at Promax(the speed shop forum member SpeedJunkee works at)...I stare at it every time I go over there.
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Thanks for a great article.
I've never really articulated the difference between a mill and a lathe before; it makes perfect sense. I've considered buying an XY cross table for use with a drill press to create a hillbilly mill drill, but as you say, a drill press isn't designed to cut sideways.
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Re: It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers
What would you recommend for making some 1-1/8in spacers? I found a good deal on some decent looking 17in wheels in 5x5in for cheap but since they are setup for 4-1/2in back spacing and my current 3-3/8in backspacing wheels are the most backspacing I can run without them rubbing the frame I'd have to use spacers. Also they don't design wheels to clear 4 piston calipers anymore it seems, I might have to end up using spacers even if I got custom wheels to clear the 4 piston iron calipers I want (07+ Tundra).Central TEXAS Sleeper
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ROA# 9790
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Re: It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers
Thanks for comments, all...
Originally posted by CTX-SLPRWhat would you recommend for making some 1-1/8in spacers? I found a good deal on some decent looking 17in wheels in 5x5in for cheap but since they are setup for 4-1/2in back spacing and my current 3-3/8in backspacing wheels are the most backspacing I can run without them rubbing the frame I'd have to use spacers. Also they don't design wheels to clear 4 piston calipers anymore it seems, I might have to end up using spacers even if I got custom wheels to clear the 4 piston iron calipers I want (07+ Tundra).
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Re: It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers
Thanks, I already have a request in with him for a quote on 4 of them with the early GM 3.5in register but I'll need to discuss with him how to make is so I could sleeve it down so when I change to the later 3in register hubs they will still be hubcentric. There are some off the shelf items for Jeeps at 1.25in but that would likely be a bit too wide.Central TEXAS Sleeper
USAF Physicist
ROA# 9790
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