Originally Posted by
MadMac
Ok... here is a little experiment for you...
Get a long sturdy tree branch, jam on end into a vice or something that will prevent you moving it.
Now grab part of the branch closest to the vice and try and snap the branch. Now depending on how strong you are or arn't you may break it. But its probably going to be hard work doing so.
Now grab the end furthest away from the vice and try and break it. You should find holding the far end means its easier to break it.
Now imagine the vice is a wheel hub and bearing, the branch is a spacer and your hand is the wheel. By placing a spacer between the wheel and bearing you are creating the same effect. Your moving the wheel further away from the point where the load is transfered along the suspension. Ideally you want all support directly over or under the place where the load is applied not 140mm out to the side of it.
hang ona minute cunt lugs, that spacer is clearly made of aluminium, not a fucking tree!
bollocks will it snap anything, as i said it will possibly cause more load on the bearings, but its probably not as dangerous as all you people with no knowledge or experiance of such things think.
id imagine that the spacer was bolted to the hub, and the the wheel then bolts to the spacer.
as any said, the centre of the wheel may well be inline with the bearing, in which case absolutly NO extra load will be put on the bearings!
we need pics of the wheels to be used and the hubs i think, before all those without a clue can pass judgement lol
as i said, yes it LOOKS fucking silly, but it may well not be!
and even if it was, who on here actually has ANY experiance of a bearing failure with massive spacers?
no one, thats why all 3dr owners have shite offset