What part of idaho are you from?
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What part of idaho are you from?
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Northern Idaho, a bit more than an hour south of Coeur 'd Alene. Where are you about?Originally Posted by Crazyktmmatt
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Coeur d' Alene basically
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natenkiki, sorry my mistake, I made an assumption on 8mm holes as all looked the same. After further investigation found my FL350 Odyssey has 4/130 with 10mm studs. I'm going to attach a picture of common Honda hubs, 3 bolt pressed steel, 3 bolt cast steel and 4 bolt 4/110 200x hubs with 10mm studs. I measured the cast hub raised hub at 75.5mm ( 2.972" ) and several 3 bolt and aftermarket aluminum wheel centers at 76mm or larger. This means the hubs will be a little loose inside the wheels, but not bad.
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HJ, not a problem manYou have a nice assortment of hubs there. Would it be fair to say that the 3-bolt cast hub is stronger than the 4-bolt stamped steel hub? On your 3-bolt hubs, are the studs 10mm?
I have yet to measure the inside wheel center hole of my wheels but it's ok if the hub is a little sloppy in there. A few mm up and down movement is a lot better than the wobble I have now that seems to be about an inch total.
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I just broke down 6 3 bolt rims today. only need 3 for my resto.You can have the others for shipping costs
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Ohhh another option
Are they 8 inch wheels? The way you worded it, they sound like split rims, is that right?
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natenkiki, my idea of showing you the different hubs was to see top and bottom of each style. The 3 bolt hubs are 8mm except the rusty cast hub, it had been drilled to use 3/8" long bolts for 3" spacers. The 200x hubs on the far right come standard with 10mm studs. If you do get 2 piece 3 bolt wheels and also plan to use the cast steel hubs you may need to grind the very outside tips of the 3 bolt hubs as they may hit the raised O-ring area hump.
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The more I learn from you guys, the more I research and the more I think that there isn't a perfect solution here, at least for my budgetary needs.
I know the holes for the 3-hole hub studs are larger than 8mm on my wheels, possibly larger than 10mm. I'd have to drill out the 3-bolt hubs to help them center on my wheels easier.
It's difficult to figure out what to do since this is all new to me and I don't have various combinations to try out in-person.
What I know for sure is that I want to keep my 8" tires and I don't want split rims. Beyond that, I'm lost.
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Ok, measuring some more, there's no way I could comfortably use the 4/130 hubs with the rims I have. They're obviously from a bigger 3 wheeler and wouldn't sit flush against the wheel flange even if I ground down the outside edges to make them fit inside the wheel better. There's raised portions that are larger in diameter than the hole in the wheel. I'd end up bending the hubs if I did grind them down.
The wheels I have, have a center hole about 3 inches wide which is just about 76mm like you said HJ.
It looks like the best way for me to go now (still) is the 3-bolt cast hubs and drill out the holes for 10mm bolts and stock up on some grade 8 hardware to make it all secure. Even though the holes on 1 wheel are ovaled out, a 3/8 bolt wasn't overly loose inside and 10mm is slightly larger. All things considered, I should be able to get them pretty dang close to center.
The next thing after that would be to get new hubs & wheels that match my 8" tires or wait long enough to wear these tires down and consider upgrading a size if possible.
Thank you to all who replied to my disorganized, wishy-washy, confused-noob thread. You all have more patience than I do
Last edited by natenkiki2004; 07-27-2014 at 01:42 AM.
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