[blckslvr79]

 

[blckslvr79]

I've heard that adapters are fine so long as your 'vette isn't silver...

:laughing:

Good thing mine's pewter now then. :laughing:

All I know is everybody has an opinion on them.
Yet NOBODY has any proven tests.

Here's what I DO know:
Those that are afraid of them, despise them.
Those with no experience with them, have the largest opinion.
Those that use them, have no issue with them.

Complaints (or rumor) of failure are few and far between.
Out of those that experienced bearing failure....how do you verify the bearings where not aged and ready to fail already or wheren't cheap offshore parts?

This thread will be nothing but opinions and arguement because the only way to confirm if there is any issue with adapters would be to build brand new arms with all new identical quality parts and reconstruct testing over and over to confirm the validity of the parts wether they fail or not....and no one is going to do that.

My opinion.....any additional wear to the bearings or arms from using adapters would be so minimal over time that you would not know if bearing failure was due to the use of adapters or just normal failure. Moving the wheel mounting surface outward an inch or two is not going to produce the kind of force needed to cause premature bearing failure. (Not to mention my C6 wheel/tire combo is lighter than my old stock wheels-less sprung weight)

Now if my bearings fail within the next year, I may change my opinion on that.

 

[blckslvr79]

I just wanted to comment on the drawing....

Love the detail! :thumbsup:

Right down to the cotterpin in the axle nut. artyon:

The set up in the picture is going to fail though.
No lug nuts!

 

[blckslvr79]

is this the way you see it?



since the forces on the hub flange don't change, neither do the forces at the wheel bearings. Any additional stress is only in the wheel and adapter.

So with a quality set of hub centric and wheel centric adapters, all is good. :agree:

 

[blckslvr79]

Biggest problem with adapters is that they have to be retorqued ever so often. Some are worse than others.

Not according to the manufacturer I bought from. If installed correctly and torqued correctly from the beginning, they need not be retorqued anymore than your wheels would. The hub does not know the difference between a rim and a properly built adapter.