Wheel spacers

[jeeptec]

Do I need a wheel spacer to run 285/75R/16 tires on TJ Wrangler Rubicon Moab rims on my XJ


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[CarbonXJ]

What year and lift?

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

need? no... but it will help keep them off of the control arms at full lock. they measure out to about a 33x11 if I remember correctly.

here is a set on a RE 4.5" lift:

 

[jeeptec]

2000 with about 5 inch lift. Running rocky road drop brackets


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[trippled]

I run that setup on mine with spacers. Pretty sure everything would rub without them, but everything clears fine with the spacers. It's been so long they've been on there idk if you have to have them or not tho.

 

[jeeptec]

What thickness spacer are you running Trippled?


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[trippled]

Think they are 1.5. they're spidertrax spacers

 

[Rod Knee]

On the topic of wheel spacers, is it essential to thread lock the spacers' lugs? The reason I ask is I have two sets of wheels/tires. I would use the spacers in combination with only one set of wheels.

 

[Rod Knee]

I should have asked is it essential to locktite the lugs holding the spacers in place.

 

[jeeptec]

Yes mandatory to lock tire wheel spacers


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[VAhasnoWAVES]

no... proper torque and making sure that the studs on the shaft/hub are not longer than the wheel spacer thickness is whats important.

 

[trippled]

X2, I always thread lock mine anyways just to make me feel good tho.

 

[techno1154]

I should have asked is it essential to locktite the lugs holding the spacers in place.

I am on my second set of spacers and have not locked any of them. I torqued them to specs, do a few trips around town then re-torque them. I re-torqued them again after a couple of thousand miles.

I have heard form others that it is mandatory to lock them.

 

[PhotoJared]

I should have asked is it essential to locktite the lugs holding the spacers in place.

I've never run locktite. I've had spacer for about 3 years. Just think of them like another set of lug nuts.

 

[Jeep Driver]

I've never run locktite. I've had spacer for about 3 years. Just think of them like another set of lug nuts.

Correct.


Same here.