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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Hub Bore too small

I got a set of steel wheels and tires really cheap. The tires are almost new and rims are good too. The only problem is the hub bore is like a hair too small. Is there anything I can do or i totally waste my money? Can you grind out the hub on the wheel? is there some kind of adapter?
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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I got a set of steel wheels and tires really cheap. The tires are almost new and rims are good too. The only problem is the hub bore is like a hair too small. Is there anything I can do or i totally waste my money? Can you grind out the hub on the wheel? is there some kind of adapter?
Take it to a machine shop to get it bored out.

You might be able to run some form of adapter but its usually the other way around for hub centric rings etc. Your also going to run into offset issues with adapters.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Babaki
I got a set of steel wheels and tires really cheap. The tires are almost new and rims are good too. The only problem is the hub bore is like a hair too small. Is there anything I can do or i totally waste my money? Can you grind out the hub on the wheel? is there some kind of adapter?
i used a hole saw to get mine to fit, a friend of mine used a dremal, either works and its cheaper than a machine shop
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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i used a hole saw to get mine to fit, a friend of mine used a dremal, either works and its cheaper than a machine shop
And not quite as safe
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Yes, not as safe but is doable. I was the one that dremeled and it worked fine for me and didn't cost me anything. It's up to you though.
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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 08:30 AM
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Yes, not as safe but is doable. I was the one that dremeled and it worked fine for me and didn't cost me anything. It's up to you though.
how did you dremel it? did you use a jig, what type of bit?

i would take it to machine shop but i've been looking around and i cant find any. the automotive places all said they dont have anything big enough to fit a rim on.
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