Grayston Wheel Spacers

[Hovis]

Went out on Sunday and this happened!! I'm 99.9% sure the wheel nuts were correctly tightened. I've got the 32mm grayston spacers on there which use the aluminium extension bolts and all 5 of them sheered. Anyone ever had/heard of this problem?

[Evilgoat]

Theres your problem. You let the duck get muddy, its a revenge thing :)

[V8MoneyPit]

Yes! Regularly.

We refuse to sell this type of spacer kit for Mini's because we have seen far too many broken studs.

I imported SpiderTrax spacers from the US because there weren't any decent ones readily available in the UK for the Suzuki.

[generation-x]

ive ran sets of those on 4 of our jeeps and never had any problems with any off them on or off road

simon

[Littledan]

oh dear thats not good!!

[Hovis]

Theres your problem. You let the duck get muddy, its a revenge thing :)

He loves the mud. He also has the ability to move branches and helps me float.

Mixed opinions so far then!! I've taken some of the others off and there is no sign of strain.

Although the weather appears ok in the picture the heavens opened a couple of minutes after! I only had a jacket on and seriously could have got no wetter if i had waded waist deep into a pond!!!

[V8MoneyPit]

ive ran sets of those on 4 of our jeeps and never had any problems with any off them on or off road

simon

I think we've probably discussed this before, haven't we Simon?  :D

The problem is that the design is fundamentally flawed. The extender studs either have to be over tightened or under tightened to get them to line up. Every fastener has it's correct torque to provide maximum clamping force. To increase or reduce this is a fudge and breaks basic design principals.

However, once installed and the wheel is fitted, the studs are in tension and *shouldn't* give a problem. But, as I said, I've seen/heard of far too many broken ones.

[steve howes]

i ran a set on my 410 & my samurai and that had 31 in grizzerlys never had any problems.

[Mart]

mine have been on for about 4mth now and not had a problem with em as yet but as V8moneypit says you can never get them to line up just nipping em up there either too tight or too slack.

[cherokeegraham]

I fitted them to the rear of a Tiger Super 6 kit car once, first real test run and the same happened. I'll never use a set again, that's for sure!

[P.R.Howler]

Are these the cast ally ones ???Have looked at these before and they look too lightweight.
  Would rather spend the extra dosh on machined ones with tapped holes.

The forces applied to the lightwieght cast ally and the  bolts holding it all together is immensne under off road conditions.

Must remember to use spellchecker next time

[V8MoneyPit]

I don't think the cast aluminium part is the problem. I've never seen an issue with that part. The extender studs can be of poor quality material and it's the way they have to be fitted that seems wrong to me.

This is what I ended up buying.

[generation-x]

i have to agree with steve ,it is a fine line on how tite u do the extension threads but saying that they can be done up tite if you have got good brakes as ur local garage proved when it took me 20 mins to get one set of extensions off the front hub,,,,

i think this kind of thread can last for ages with peoples input although as ive said ive never had a problem with the greystone type as in all things you get wot you pay for,,

simon