Wheel Spacer Help. 1" Spacer Available?

Erik

Erik

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So to get my dana 44 and 60 to appear the same width I need to either...

run a 2" spacer in the rear and a 1/4" spacer in the front... gives me perfect width

or

run a 3" spacer int eh rear and a 1" spacer in the front... gives me almost perfect width



first off, i don't like spacers. I've never run them, but I've never liked them. Go figure. Getting wheels with different offsets is out of the question at this point in time... until i can afford to recenter some h1 beadlocks to my desired backspacing, this will have to suffice and since I need to get this jeep rolling asap, i need to get this done quickly...



so, i find plenty of 3" spacers... and plenty of 2" spacers... I find plenty of 1/4" spacers..... but NO 1" SPACERS! do they exist? if so, where can i buy some?

I'd rather go with the smaller set of spacers (which means my need for a 1" spacer is gone) for a slightly more narrow overall width however i'm running 15" wheels on these axels and do not want to shave anythign off the brakes if possible.... that being said, i know i'll have to shave them a little... but i'd like that to be AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.

another question.... If I can find a 1" spacer, would it be safe for me to sandwich a 1/4" spacer in there with it to make my front and rear width's match perfectly? the thought crossed my mind although i'm sure nobody will ever be able to notice the 1/4" difference on each side....


thanks guys... appreciate the help.

-Erik
 
So how much wider is the rear than the front. It shouldn't be an issue if those axles were pulled from the same vehicle. I don't remember which but I think it helps to be a litte wider in the front for turning purposes or it may be the other way around.
 
http://www.wheeladapter.com/

Can make almost anything you need, kinda pricey but great service and it's worth doing business just to talk to Fred. He's a 70 year old retired drag racer and just the phone call is worth it even if you don't buy them :) Course you can find them on ebay too, and cheaper.

IMO, just run the 2" on the rear and forget it! I've been running Fred's 2" on mine for a couple of years, no problems at all, gets the front and rear ablot the same width. Have had no problems with 3 different D60 fronts with ground calipers to fit 15" rims FWIW.
 
Josh C said:
So how much wider is the rear than the front. It shouldn't be an issue if those axles were pulled from the same vehicle. I don't remember which but I think it helps to be a litte wider in the front for turning purposes or it may be the other way around.
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dana 44 front is 67.5 and dana 60 rear is 64.... hence the reason i need spacers in one of the two configurations i listed in my first post. wider in the front may be fine and dandy, but it's hideiously ugly and this is my daily driver.... can't have that.
 
CYJKrawler said:
http://www.wheeladapter.com/
Can make almost anything you need, kinda pricey but great service and it's worth doing business just to talk to Fred. He's a 70 year old retired drag racer and just the phone call is worth it even if you don't buy them :) Course you can find them on ebay too, and cheaper.
IMO, just run the 2" on the rear and forget it! I've been running Fred's 2" on mine for a couple of years, no problems at all, gets the front and rear ablot the same width. Have had no problems with 3 different D60 fronts with ground calipers to fit 15" rims FWIW.
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i may very well do this.... main reason i figured i'd be nit picky about the front spacers was because the more they were spaced, the less grinding i would have to do on the brakes.

did you runt he dual piston calipers with a 15" wheel by chance?

thanks for the link!
 
There's nothing wrong with being wider in the front.. helps you when turning, too. 1.75" per side isn't that noticable anyway...
 
Erik said:
dana 44 front is 67.5 and dana 60 rear is 64.... hence the reason i need spacers in one of the two configurations i listed in my first post. wider in the front may be fine and dandy, but it's hideiously ugly and this is my daily driver.... can't have that.
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Honestly, how many people have noticed the wider stance in the front vs the rear. Quit going for asphalt appeal and drive/wheel the thing :flipoff2:
 
Im at 69" front, 66" rear, and I promise it works. Im also running ford dual piston calipers on 15" wheels with 3.5" backspacing, The grinding is minimal, I can post pictures if you want.
 
Erik said:
did you runt he dual piston calipers with a 15" wheel by chance? thanks for the link!
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Actually ran dual piston F250 calipers on an old hybrid axle I had. D60 centersection and D44 outers. SPOA87YJ here on the board is currently running dual calipers on a stock Ford HP D60 I know, you could ask him about it. Takes a bit more grinding than a Chevy/Doge single but I haven't had a problem with it, not to say others haven't.
 
Rich said:
There's nothing wrong with being wider in the front.. helps you when turning, too. 1.75" per side isn't that noticable anyway...
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I have head of others being concerned with stability off camber with front and rear being different widths. Can't say I'd see that as being a big problem. As for noticing, yeah, not that noticable unless your LARRY SMITH :) This last 60 I put in I decided not to mess with the cast housing spring perch and just offset the axle with 1" more to the driver side than passenger side. No one ever said anything except Larry :) Visible somewhat in my avatar I guess but with the flex it makes it look like more.
 
Just leave it as is. Not worth the money for 1.75" per side. Most vehicles come from the factory with a wider front. It's that way for a reason. Better turning around corners. Now if you had a wider rear axle that would be different. You would be hanging up your rear tire on everything when turning.

:beer:
 
88 hp60--dual piston calipers and 15" wheels here. I just took a grinder to em and forgot about it. I've had zero trouble with mine. I was at 69" front, and 65" rear. It was noticeable, but just barely. I never wheeled it like that, but I can say I really like being fullwidth for the stabillity factor. Since I had the cash at the time I sprung for some 2" spacers for the rear; they've been working great. It won't be the end of the world to run them how they are, if you need to put the coin in something else to get the project finished up...I'd just say hold off on the spacers then. Wheel it and see what you think, if you still want spacers after that, then you know where to find them.
 
Erik said:
dana 44 front is 67.5 and dana 60 rear is 64.... hence the reason i need spacers in one of the two configurations i listed in my first post. wider in the front may be fine and dandy, but it's hideiously ugly and this is my daily driver.... can't have that.
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I have the same problem and have been looking for some too!! Found a set a while back, but they were expensive.
 
upnover, K.O.R.E., could probably make some spacers, I know they were looking into 1/4" and 1/2" ones, don't know about 2" though.
 
CYJKrawler said:
upnover, K.O.R.E., could probably make some spacers, I know they were looking into 1/4" and 1/2" ones, don't know about 2" though.
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I think Chip's were the slide on, not bolt-on...

personally...no way I'd ever run those...

for 1", you'd have to made bolt-on with an additional set of lugs...maybe he's got that planned in the future...

Greg
 
spraypaintman said:
Just leave it as is. Not worth the money for 1.75" per side. Most vehicles come from the factory with a wider front. It's that way for a reason. Better turning around corners. Now if you had a wider rear axle that would be different. You would be hanging up your rear tire on everything when turning.
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exactly
 
thanks for all the suggestions.

i will be spacing the rear for sure either just because the $150 or so to bring it close to even width with the front isn't goign to hurt my wallet too bad at this point in my progress....

i didn't want to run a 3" spacer period b/c i just feel it's a bit more than i personally trust a spacer.... but... i looked at it as a way to possibly elimiate having to grind my brakes to fit the wheels... you guys have made me rethink that as it seems it's not all THAT UNCOMMON to run 15" wheels on these axles and brakes...

at this point i'm going to wait until i have the front end together later this week or beginning of next and see how much grinding will be necessary. if it does turn out to be as little as you folks say than i'll just order the rear 2" spacer and call it a day. if it looks like i'll have to grind a lot then i'll just buy the 3" rear spacer and buy a 1" front which thanks to everyone i now know where i can buy....

thanks again

-Erik
 
awesome thank you VERY much.....

i'm amazed at how little it looks you had to grind off..... i thought there would be much more to deal with.

thanks again

-Erik
 
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