Wheel index too small on axle for weld wheels??

Hey guys, I searched and have come up short. The minitub has started and I have 15x10 weld draglites for my 72 but the axles on the 8.5" 10 bolt wont work because the center circular wheel index on the axle is much smaller than the index hole in the center of the wheel. What axle and drum hat will work with this wheel that is a bolt in?

Can I find a set of axles in a JY that will bolt in to my 8.5"?

It's probably the wheels, not the axles. Some aftermarket wheels are not hubcentric like stock stuff. There are rings available to take up the gap, but I've never had a problem--the lugs do a fairly good job of locating the wheels. I run 5/8" drive studs and the wheels fit very snug without the hub doing the locating.
The only place I've seen an issue is on a front drive import where it seems to be more critical.

With 3 inch axle studs and the correct long a** lug nuts that Weld requires, there is no problems running them on your axles. The long lug nuts that go thru the Weld wheels will locate them just fine.

Thanks guys.


The wheel has some sort of loose spacer with slotted holes and round holes that is located right between the inner and outer portions of the wheel mounting flange. Does this help with loation also?

no it just takes up space between the two halves when the wheel gets torqued down.

Thanks guys.


The wheel has some sort of loose spacer with slotted holes and round holes that is located right between the inner and outer portions of the wheel mounting flange. Does this help with loation also?

yeah this center spacer kind of freaked me out when i first got the weld pro stars. i still am not certain what its exact function is?
i took em to walmart and a firestone and they said they couldnt balance em- because "the center piece was floating around." i just told em to tighten the thing down and then balance it. i was shocked that theyd never encountered this before on a wheel that i expected to be fairly common.

i hope theyre balanced right- cost me $50 to mount and balance the back two?!
time will tell i guess.

steve

steve

Hey thanks again for all the help guys...

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