Hub Centric or Lug Centric?
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With tapered lug nuts torqued down and thread locked it shouldn’t matter to much however, if your hub is machines and has a step/ring in the centre measure it and buy the spacer to suit, hub centric & the tapered lug nuts combined would be far better if possible.
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Wheel spacers , I have quite a few different designs as every one of my bikes has wheel spacers either for the rear end mods or disc brakes , some have coned lugs , some flat faced , the main thing I have found is I like the ones with coned lugs and the small hole where the lug goes , some have a hole that is like 3/4 inch/ 19mm and a 14mm lug in the middle which has a lot of wiggle room , I had trouble with that type coming loose , I always put Lock-Tite on them , never use a torque wrench , but guess you should as I am sure I over tighten them , but I have not had one come loose in a long time ------a funny story was when I was riding in the water , and my front tire pasted me up , the wheel spacer lugs came loose and the tire came off
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Based off the way the hub is on my bike(flat with no ring for the center hole of the wheel to fit onto) and how the wheels attaches to the hub(with tapered lugs) i feel its safe to assume that the bike/wheels are lug centric. BUT when searching for spacers, i can only find them that state hub centric or dont specify anything at all.
Which is why i asked the questions. It doesnt make since to me why i cant find any that state lug centric. I just want to make sure i get the correct spacer because i want to make sure that the spacer and wheel will be centered on the axis of the axle. If not, it will cause vibration, goofy tire wear and could also cause lug nuts to come loose. Plus i like doing things correctly the first time so i dont have to do it a second time.
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