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Raw i am glad nothing happend to u man. Good thing u caught this early!!!
God was with u on this one!!
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Originally posted by Stazi:
You have the hubcentric rings, right? 
I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say no! in his pics there is no hubcentric ring present on the wheel or stuck on the hub. Plus it looks like the lugs stretched the holes in the wheels from moving around.  I always wondered what would happen if you left those off...  You got real lucky dude, if you really have been riding around with out hubcentric rings, those lugs should have snapped off a long time ago. You might wanna check the other wheels too!
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same thing happened to me about a year and a half ago to my 91 S-10. it cost about $20 at napa for them to press in new studs. not fun 
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ok...what am i missing with these hubcentric things.
are they required for aftermarket wheels?
if so, why?
i don't have them on my car and have yet to have a problem like burts.
please explain these things to me.
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Me: Er...It was made by Fords SPECIAL Vehicle Team?
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Hubcentric rings are used in aftermarket wheels to center the wheel ono the hub when the hole bored into the wheel is not exactly the same as the vehicle hub.
Aftermarket heel manufacturers will make the bore of their aftermarket wheels the largest size to suit the largest hub size of the vehicle that same bolt pattern, and then use hubcentric rings to resize the wheels to suit all the cars with consequently samller hub diameters.
This ensure that the wheel is centered and thus the studs aren't flxed (which causes them to eventually snap). The studs are there ONLY to provide a clamp force - NOT to carry the load of the car. The clamp force induces a friction force between the wheel and the hub/rotor and THAT is what carries the load.
Without the rings you will NEVER get the wheel prperly centered this flexes the studs and also over signifigant bumps the wheels can slip and go off center even more, cause more stress on the studs and possible instantaneous failure.
To check if you need rings on your aftermarket wheels (which most do), unbolt your wheel bolts and observe the wheel. While pressed flat against the hub, does the wheel rest on the studs? If so then you need the rings. Elky, IIRC you have FSVT wheels - those I doubt need rings as they are machined especially for Ford and thus have the hub hole in the wheel machined to the required 63.4mm diameter.
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Originally posted by ElKy:
ok...what am i missing with these hubcentric things.
are they required for aftermarket wheels?
if so, why?
i don't have them on my car and have yet to have a problem like burts.
please explain these things to me.
The inside diameter of aftermarket rims are usually cut at a bigger diameter than the outside diameter of the hub on your car. This leaves a space of air between the two. The hubcentric rings take up this space and keeps your rims centered on your hubs and keeps them from moving around. If you don't have them your rims will litterally move around on your hubs on a constant basis and put lateral stress on the studs. This lateral stress is what eventually breaks them off. And when one breaks off the others are forced to take up the load that the broken stud was carrying. Thus making them more susceptable to breaking. Eventually they will all break off and give you a repair bill you don't want.
Edit, looks like Stazi beat me. Oh well..
Last edited by Pyro81; 11/23/05 07:57 PM.
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hrrmmm...
i will have to pull a wheel.
i have ADR Formula5's, not FSVT wheels.
thanks for the info guys.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
Elky, IIRC you have FSVT wheels - those I doubt need rings as they are machined especially for Ford and thus have the hub hole in the wheel machined to the required 63.4mm diameter.
As is the case with ST200 wheels. Stock fit.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Congrats on getting back out of the car alive man. Hope this doesn't turn into a huge deal for ya.
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