machineing a wheel?


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so i have stock tj rubicon wheels, there on my crawler currently but i was wondering if i can safely get someone to machine out the center to clear the manual hubs im puttin on my exploder? would i just be better off useing the stock wheels off the exploder?
 
take em to a machine shop and ask would be your best bet
 
ill have to ask the machine shop at school
 
Use a holesaw on a drill press withs ome good measurements..... .. ....... . .
 
Ranger wheels aren't hub centric, so its really not that big of a deal anyway if they aren't perfect.
 
thats easy work! have them bore it out on a mill and you'll be good. it should take like 10 minutes per wheel on a knee mill and like 5 on a CNC mill.

dont take any crap shortcuts like using a holesaw!
 
i've seen someone on another forum use a router with a sanding sleeve on it to open the center up. I imagine it took a long while and it wasn't perfectly rounded but it would work.
 
c_note said:
thats easy work! have them bore it out on a mill and you'll be good. it should take like 10 minutes per wheel on a knee mill and like 5 on a CNC mill.

dont take any crap shortcuts like using a holesaw!
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The center hole doesn't do anything! I used a die grinder with a burr bit to open up a set of ranger wheels I put on the girlfriends old ZJ.
 
Sasquatch_Ryda said:
The center hole doesn't do anything! I used a die grinder with a burr bit to open up a set of ranger wheels I put on the girlfriends old ZJ.
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Most balancing machines use a cone in the center hole to balance the wheel in tire combo, im betting if the whole is off centered, the wheel wont properly balance,




Ry
 
TRX501RYAN said:
Most balancing machines use a cone in the center hole to balance the wheel in tire combo, im betting if the whole is off centered, the wheel wont properly balance
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And you would be correct. If your planning on getting the wheel/tire balanced... the center hole is going to need to be completey centered, and perfectly round. Otherwise the balancer is going to get very different weight measurements than it would if the center hole is centered properly.
 
We have both options at the shop i'm working at, either using the hub or using the holes for the wheel studs. I find the wheel stud method is more accurate anyway. But ya good point about the wheel balancing issue.
 
Sasquatch_Ryda said:
We have both options at the shop i'm working at, either using the hub or using the holes for the wheel studs. I find the wheel stud method is more accurate anyway. But ya good point about the wheel balancing issue.
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Yeah I don't think most shops have that, I know ours doesn't... we just have the hub hole balancers.
 
Fyi:

I took mine to a local machine shop (they make parts & stuff, they don't bore engines, rebuild heads or that kinda stuff) and had em bored for 2 3/4" push through center caps.........$10 a wheel.
 
well in order to get them to fit it would make the holes for the wheel studs very thin and thats a safety issue
 
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