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Subject:Re: hubcentric question
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:12:41 -0800

The nuts/bolts hold the car up fine Shawn. The -centricity refers to how the
wheel is centred on the hub.

On 1/27/06, feller <feller@carboncow.com> wrote:
>
> Obviously the steel wheels are not hubcentric but are the after market
> alums supplied by many bearing load on the axle/hub at any point?
>
> it appears the dust cap would prevent this. So i'm assuming the load is
> being beared on the studs.
>
> any comments from those in the know?
>
> i know there is 1001 comments on wheels/rims but i have seen very little
> on load bearing and hubcentrics. i just don't know how the after market rims
> could bear the load by just the lugs/studs. but then on the flip side I
> doubt there is any load bearing from what I can see!
>
> Shawn
> Ohio
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