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Subject:Re: Duals??
From:jimt
Date:Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:49:11 -0700

That offset is the part that has me mathematically wondering if it could be
done.  To counter the offset I come up with a spacer of almost 2 inches in
thickness.  I don�t know if that is feasible.
jimt

On 1/13/05 11:26 PM, "Robert Cardo" <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET> wrote:

> No Problem.
> But the wheels are going to have to be severly offset so one will go
> into the wheel well the other will butt up to the face of the center of
> the inside wheel with the opposite offset.
> The only problem I can forsee is the inside wheel rubbng on the control
> arm.
> It would have to sit in the wheel well pretty deep, or have the outside
> wheel sit pretty far outside of it if the offset isn't enough.
> I'd like see this aborition myself.
> Then a large set of flares would be necessary to cover the outside
> rubber.
> Interesting concept, but I'm having a hard time imagining it.
> 
> RC
> 
> 
> 
> E-mail message
> 
> Subject: Duals??
> An acquaintance is going to modify his 2WD camper to a dual wheel rear
> after his brother in law did his and found his off road traction greatly
> increased and didn�t sink into soft ground as much.
> Has anyone ever tried this on a vanagon? My only dual experience is with
> military vehicles and on those the rims were specialized with extreme
> offsets so that one could be reversed and bolted through the other and
> they butted up against each other.
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> jimt
> 
> 

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