Wheel spacers

[poser]

I'm wondering if anyone is running wheel spacers I just swapped a scout Dana 44 under my CJ7 I have the Dana 30 front out of the scout and know it would be a lot of work to outboard the springs so has anyone had problems with wheel spacers like them or don't like them let me know thanks

 

[elwood blues]

http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f19/wheel-spacers-11489/

http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f19/wheel-spacers-10040/

http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f49/spacers-8575/

http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f19/wheel-spacers-how-wide-should-i-get-them-1834/

http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f19/wheel-spacers-625/



This subject has been kicked around a few times, it depends on who you ask...

 

[DHugg]

I'm wondering if anyone is running wheel spacers I just swapped a scout Dana 44 under my cj7 I have the Dana 30 front out of the scout and know it would be a lot of work to outboard the springs so has anyone had problems with wheel spacers like them or don't like them let me know thanks

My '80 CJ7 with 35's has wheel spacers, front and rear. I don't like them.... any time you introduce another bolt-up connection in a train of moving parts, you've created a new place for failure to occur.

I can tell by the wear-tracks on the rim bolt holes that some serious crawling (dinged pumpkin, bent front drive shaft, reverse scrape-back bend on the auto tranny pan) was done, and the boltup of the spacers wasn't firm enough to keep movement down.

But a Jeep that crawled through rocks is a Jeep in dry country; I have no rust anywhere and I can live with wheel spacers.

I've seem photos of inserts that really lock up the space in the bolt holes of inserts, but haven't found the specs for getting some. Without the spacers the wheel shoulders won't clear the frame, so it would have to be new rims and re-mount the 35's.

 

[mtnwhlr]

I have never ran them but I know a few people who have with no problems. I think the key is to get good ones like the ones from Spidertrac.

 

[poser]

I'm wanting to go with 1.5 inch on each side to match the scout width the jeep will be used for hunting and some rough roads that's all.

 

[Jimbos76cj]

I've run a set of spidertrac adapter 5x4.5-5x5 that were 1.5" thick on my TJ and had absolutely no problems.. Like already stated buy a quality set, install em with the lock tight, torque em down, drive 500 miles then retorque. Most of the issues ive seen with em have been from being over torqued, no lock tight and never rechecked. Some folks will say that they put more stress on the knuckles or bearing being an eccentric load but they are the same loads as putting rims with different back spacing tha moves the tire 1.5" out.

I've got a CJ on 38.5 boggers that has a slight clearance issue with tires rubbing the front springs so I will be installing a set on that.