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Wheel Spacers |
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Wheel Spacers |
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Wheel spacers will probably put you in hospital if you`re lucky and in a wooden box if you are not!
Car designers make things to very fine tolerances. Wheel spacers put far too much load on the bearings and on a vehicle the weight and size of the Bongo I would not think the wheel bearings will last long. In my youth (hundreds of years ago!!) REAL minis used to get `spacered` frequently and the bearing life was quartered. Also bear in mind the Mini is only a `gnat`s` of the weight of a Bongo.
DON`T risk it!.IMHO
Another potential reason for ending up in hospital - wheel offsets are an accurate dimension which has a direct relationship with how the vehicle behaves in the event of a brake failure.
Most vehicles have a diagonal brake split (offside rear/nearside front and vice versa), the wheel offset ensures that the vehicle pulls up in a straight line even though only one front brake is operating if a circuit fails.
If you fit spacers or the wrong offset type of aftermarket wheel then you will affect this geometry (called negative offset). Imagine 2+ tonnes of slab veering off to one side into the bus shelter queue!!
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