shaving the outter piece of the hub?

[newkiddraggin]

ok bare with my ignorance. but i went to look into some wheels for ethel and the dude told me i could instead of having the rim bored, he told me i could shave the outter part of the hub with i wanna say a side grinder? i think thats what he was talking about but i wanted to check with yall and see if anyone has heard of anything along these lines and or done this themselves and could fill me in a lil more in depth

[ScottXGTR]

some people claim grinding the hubs is safe. some feel that its not the best way to do it.

im withholding judgment until i see a cross section of a ground down hub.

but yes, its been done.

[newkiddraggin]

so its prolly best just to have the wheels bored out than?

[ScottXGTR]

the wheels on my truck are bored and the hubs are stock. ;)

[$krap_IN_flesh]

my wheels r also bored

[jimmy726]

Wheels are bored

[DAZE752]

mine too

[Thor]

same here lol

Depends on the wheel though some might be to thin by the lugs to be bored out that far...hard to say without seeing the wheel

[O.G.Tierdrop]

wheels bored here

[pacific coast]

Id go the safe route & bore the rims.

[newkiddraggin]

yeah i kinda thought about it and said screw it. i was lookin at some 20x8 dbl g's but i think im just going to get some eskies and bore em maybe powder coat black:ninja:

[shutupustink]

my cousin grinded his hubs so tahoe rims can fit on it.. his truck runs fine

[bgdhrdbdy]

ive done both and never had a problem either way but your safest bet is to just bore the wheel...
carlos

[pugz]

ive always bored the wheels. its jsut easier. u gotta do the fronts why not do all

[Turtle]

u can put the hubs on a brake lathe and turn the center down. That works pretty good. The back is the only one that takes a long time. Mine hubs have been grinded and i drive mine everyday.Never had a problem.

[STIFEL_MOTOR_SPORTS]

Mine are bored,i took mine to a my old high school shop.the teacher had some of his better students do them. cost 0.00 lol they turned out good.my buddy took a grinder to his hubs,he has not had any problems.both work its just depends on what you want

[jday228]

wheels bored here
Hey O.G,,who bored out your wheels and how much was it?

[ScottXGTR's]

Hey O.G,,who bored out your wheels and how much was it?

Check the phone book. Gulf hydraulics in diberville will do them and mcmurtry's machine service in gulfport will do them as well. You'll be looking at 125-150 depending on what type of wheel you have.

[jday228]

Check the phone book. Gulf hydraulics in diberville will do them and mcmurtry's machine service in gulfport will do them as well. You'll be looking at 125-150 depending on what type of wheel you have.

Thnx Scott, I'll check that out..some people say that once they're bored out, they have balancing issues so I was just gonna grind the hubs out a lil and use 1/4" spacers I got off Ebay, but I'll go with boring them if it's the best route to take in the long run.:thumb:

[ScottXGTR]

Thnx Scott, I'll check that out..some people say that once they're bored out, they have balancing issues so I was just gonna grind the hubs

if you think about that a little, youll see boring the wheels is the best way.

the hubs are also a rotating mass and are balanced from the factory. if you grind them they can become unbalanced. and you cant exactly take your hub off and go get it balanced at a tire shop.

[loass720]

Mine's drilled for toyota rims and the previous owner shaved the hub. Not ideal but I have never had a problem with vibration or them snapping off. Now if this was a full size or something that I used to haul stuff I wouldn't shave the hubs.

[SmashinHaters]

u can also balance th rims using th lugholes instead of the center hole if th shop has th adapter.

[AlteratioN720]

im rollin some titan wheels and they are not bored....i just went and grinded the hub down

[lowded1]

my wheels are done too,i had a cnc at work to do it.Its the way to go man.Shop time to bore an I.D. on a set of rims soud be around a hundred bucks.

[newkiddraggin]

lol appreciate the insight fellas thnx...but another wrench in the get along...the wheels i want when she transistions into a full show truck are for an s10 switching the hubs is how im under the impression to do it...does this still have to be done if i switch to an s10 hub?

[Mr.Ryan]

not sure if an s-10 hub will go on, but My wheels where bored and I just sold them to a buddy of mine the reason they don't balance up right is people use the center hub hole adapter to mount the wheel to the balancer, I have a hunter road force balancer and I used the lug hole adapter and they balanced almost perfect and that was with a set of 33" tires on them lug balancing is the best way to do it since that's what the truck and wheel see on the road.

[Ratrod25]

If you dont bore it all the way they can put the cone on the outside of the wheels..

[1fastser]

I haven't been able to find the 1/2 by 1/2 carbide or rabbeting bit in my local Lowe's or Home Depot.

Who's got "the source"?

[ScottXGTR]

my local lowes keeps the rabbeting bits in stock.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_49784-353-85614MC_4294857533_4294937087?productId=1090869&pl=1&currentURL=/pl_Router%2BBits_4294857533_4294937087_?Va=76

[DAZE752]

my local lowes keeps the rabbeting bits in stock.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_49784-353-85614MC_4294857533_4294937087?productId=1090869&pl=1&currentURL=/pl_Router%2BBits_4294857533_4294937087_?Va=76

those are the ones i got to do the eskies. Lowes always has most items in stock compared to home depot at least here

[1fastser]

I think I've located one close by...was able to cross reference other stores...thanks for the pn.

[1fastser]

those are the ones i got to do the eskies. Lowes always has most items in stock compared to home depot at least here

Same for Z71s?

[DAZE752]

they use the same bit for all of them
edit..yea most wheels

[ScottXGTR]

that bit works for most wheels. i wont say it works for all wheels because some require a trim bit as well. if you arent familiar with routers and the bits available, then id recommend doing a lot of homework. all else fails, paying a machine shop is cheaper than ruining a set of wheels.

[1fastser]

my local lowes keeps the rabbeting bits in stock.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_49784-353-85614mc_4294857533_4294937087?productid=1090869&pl=1&currenturl=/pl_router%2bbits_4294857533_4294937087_?va=76


out of stock!

[NIEZ720]

out of stock!


bought mine @ Sears! so you might want to check them out. i checked home depot and lowes, both were out of stock. i used them on mine and a buddy's z71 wheels.