Fail Proof Spacers

Ok so everyone says spacers are a bad choice. They can be another point of failure if not tightened right etc. Especially if I get those 6in spacers to try and fit 35s with no cmc or trimming of any sort.
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What if we weld some on? I got a guy in Mexico I can take the spacers and my rims to and they'll straight up weld em on. Would there be much of a risk of damage there? What kind of bolts should I use?

 

We get some of these here:

and weld em to the inside of the rim

 

Don’t need to weld. Just bolt em on and forget about it.

 

But the bolt can come loose

 

You're supposed to Loctite the threads.

 

Pretty sure you got a better shot of the nuts/bolts going on and never coming off. I have at least seen more of that than falling off.

 

That sounds more ghetto than the spacers themselves.

 

So can any other bolt on your truck. Maybe weld our ubolts, motor mounts, and to be safe, have them weld the spacers to the wheel and then weld the spacer to the truck.

I’m being silly. You don’t need to weld them.

 

OP- you’re a silly pants!

 

Just trim and chop. There’s a reason why that’s the tried and true method.

 

If not tighten to specs then any bolt spacers or OEM hub will come loose.

I had spacers on my acura (15mm) and never came loose. Check specs after a month to make sure they are in specs.

 

Do what we do on helicopters. Torque the bolts to spec with spec lubricant/thread sealant as recommended by the manufacturer, mark each with a torque stripe. Drive for a few hundred miles, put the torque wrench in and pull til it clicks. If the nut turned, you failed the check. Run it again and recheck after the same miles. Repeat until no nut turns at spec torque. Inspect again at every tire rotation after that.

Good enough to keep rotor blades attached. Should be good enough for wheels.

 

I have been using aluminum spacers for years. Just get the hub centric and torque them to spec (85ft. Lbs. per manual) with a light dab of blue loctite.

 

Read the first post quick and thought someone was about to weld 6 inch spacers to the top of their coil overs!

 

The holes on the spacer (that get bolted to the truck) are covered by the wheel. You’ll weld the spacers on, and have no way of attaching them to the truck.

Also, getting a good weld would be difficult, since wheels are an aluminum alloy, and I doubt welding a spacer to them is simple.

Just all around asking for problems. Buy quality spacers, bolt them on with a torque wrench, and periodically recheck.

 

You must be an A&P?

I used to work on SH-60's and now working on fix wings.

 

I would go with JB Weld or Flexseal.

 

Elmer’s wood glue

 

IDK, I dont think loctite is as good as some 6010