basic steel rim question

[ghettosled]

i re-did the brakes on my car the other night and noticed something strange with one of my rims. the hole in the center is much large than the rest of my rims. i cant believe that i havent noticed until just now. i have literally 9 steel camry rims (set of 4 on the car, one spare, and then a set with mounted snow tires) and only 1 has this larger hole. here is a pic of a 'normal' rim



and here is a pic of the enlarged hole



notice the gap between the hub and the rim. can anyone explain what vehicle this rim may be from and if it would cause any problems (which i doubt it will).

[djb2]

Yes, it will likely cause a problem. The wheels are hub-centric. The raised ring around the hub precisely centers the wheel. You are likely to have the wheel a little off-center each time you mount it, resulting in imbalance and vibration. Once clamped down, the metal-to-metal friction carries the normal load, but the hub still may come into play with extraordinary loads or if the lug nuts loosen.

Using the wrong wheel is unsafe. It's especially foolish since you have a few of the correct wheels.

[jaybur_racing]

I wonder how many people with after market wheels have issues. Many are "universal". and most likely NOT be hub centric. I don't see how that is "un-safe". At worst you might see some balance issues, but I doubt even that.

Unless you are putting 1 lug nut on, and torquing it to spec before installing the other lug nuts, the lug nuts will center the wheel.

[Eye8Pussies]

lol

that's kinda funny


and lots of people with aftermarket rims have problems...if they don't know what they're doing.



if you have no vibration issues, etc, then just leave it. properly torquing the nuts can usually center the wheel just fine. if in doubt though, it wouldn't hurt to find out what size it is (you can measure it) and pick up a hubcentric ring to make sure that it's centered correctly at all times

[jaybur_racing]

just out of curiosity, what do you mean "lots of people have problems with after market rims if they don't know what they are doing" ?

I have known many people with after market rims, and see them on tons of vehicles on a daily basis.

so I just want to know what problems people are having.

[ghettosled]

i still wonder the story behind where this rim came from. its almost large enough to fit a 4wd hub through there.

[Eye8Pussies]

Originally Posted by jaybur_racing

just out of curiosity, what do you mean "lots of people have problems with after market rims if they don't know what they are doing" ?

I have known many people with after market rims, and see them on tons of vehicles on a daily basis.

so I just want to know what problems people are having.

really usually just the lack of a hubcentric ring, since some shops will sell rims to whoever without them

it just causes vibrations usually and is easily remedied

[eurohazard]

That is a different rim obviously. Not only is the whole bigger in the middle, but the rectangular bumps between the lugnuts are peaked more than the plateau ones in the pic#1 wheel.

There shouldn't be a problem with hubcenricity as long as you have proper lugnuts that self center, and assuming you tighten/torque them in the proper sequence.

[Kep]

If it isn't causing any problems you could live with it as mentioned above. If you are concerned about it you could use it only for the spare but that might mess up your rotation program. If you seldom use your snow tires you might consider mounting one of them on it.

You've lived with it this long. You could find another "good" one and then sell the odd one on Craig's list or eBay or something. Personally, I would just keep using it.

Kep