Axle Problems

[Rock Doctor]

It really won't hurt to space it out a bit with washers, I do it all the time when I put the tracks on my 6x6.

[derekhonda]

Space out the axle or space out the rim from the hub?

[Rock Doctor]

The rim from the hub, although you might be able to space out the axle a little as well, I've never tried to do it that way or even thought about doing it that way.

[derekhonda]

Well, I think my plan of attack will just be the shave the heads of the bolts down a smidge, and then stick 2 washers on each of the 5 bolts coming off the hub along with trying a different tire on it to see if that will help even more. Thanks.

[derekhonda]

Yeah problem seems to be isolated to the tires. Switched tires and that bought me some clearance, but I went ahead and spaced them out and now I have all sorts of room. Another thing I noticed that I never did before, I must have different length wheel bolts because when I spaced them out with the washers, the left side (short side) lugs stuck out a thread or two, and the right side lugs weren't quit sticking out of the nut. Ohwell....

[Rock Doctor]

Yeah problem seems to be isolated to the tires. Switched tires and that bought me some clearance, but I went ahead and spaced them out and now I have all sorts of room. Another thing I noticed that I never did before, I must have different length wheel bolts because when I spaced them out with the washers, the left side (short side) lugs stuck out a thread or two, and the right side lugs weren't quit sticking out of the nut. Ohwell....

No worries, of course it's ideal to have the stud sticking right through the lugnut, but since the first few threads in the lugnut take about 90% of the load it will be fine. IMHO

lol, at least you know now that nothing is bent out of place

RD