want input on maken my own wheel spacers

[thetowtruckguy]

ok so I have a 88 ford ranger 2.9 4x4 5speed home made lift I have little to no money into this truck im trying to keep it that way seeing how its strickly a mud truck I take to wolf springs off road park now for the issue I put 35x15x15 super swampers on the rear of the truck and 35x12.5x15 on the front now the rear they just rub on the leaf springs not by much I thought about wheel spacers but the issue is price I don't want to half to buy them if I can just rig something up at home so I thought putting washers on my studs it will only take like 2 washers on each stud to clear the leaf spring now I know this will put alittle more stress on the studs how much idk I know they make thin wheel spacers so what would be the difference asking for you input and what you think would it be asking for trouble with wheeling truck is not on the road only drive it once a month and I tow it with my tow truck to the mud run what do you guys think will it work?

 

[martin]

So you want cheap and only need about 3/16''. find a couple of old rotors from a jeep xj, yj or tj and just cut out the center round part, ta da, wheel spacers. I don't like the washer idea.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

The problem I see with washers is that none are the same thickness. If you can 'mike' them to get the same thickness on all 5 studs I'd say go for it.
Martins idea seems better tho.

Richard

 

[thetowtruckguy]

that's not a bad idea I would feel a lot better with that route I was really skeptical about the washers but didn't know if it had bin done before seems like an easy solution but didn't know how effected and safe it would be ill hunt around the garage and see what junk rotors we have and see if I can come up with something that will work

 

[thetowtruckguy]

another option I did not think about I just got a pretty big sheet of roughly 3/8 steel a little thicker then I need but I could cut out spacers there but then the question is if I will have enough stud length left to bolt my rim up now im using stock ranger aluminum rims im not to worried about it being balanced seeings how I don't get it out of 2nd gear when wheeling

 

[martin]

You'd have to measure the stud length before. Making then from scratch is a lot of cutting and drilling.

 

[4x4junkie]

Autozone/Pep Boys/O'Reilys/etc. sells wheel shims that would move the wheel out the little amount you're looking for (1/4" or 3/8", I forget how thick they are). I think they're like $12 for a pkg of 2 or something like that.

But agreed, don't use washers, they're likely to put too much stress on the studs (allowing the wheel to slip around as well).

 

[Surrey]

Autozone/Pep Boys/O'Reilys/etc. sells wheel shims that would move the wheel out the little amount you're looking for (1/4" or 3/8", I forget how thick they are). I think they're like $12 for a pkg of 2 or something like that.

But agreed, don't use washers, they're likely to put too much stress on the studs (allowing the wheel to slip around as well).

I just searched AutoZone and orielys and found nothing...

 

[4x4junkie]

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ac...el-spacer/_/N-261o?itemIdentifier=977268_0_0_

5/16" thick (so it was right in between my guesses lol)