Someone school me on split wheels.

[justinlogue5_0]

I hope I didn't derail this thread but I want talking about the vintage split rims.

 

[jandj]

You didn't derail it, I just wanted to be sure on what Ah_5500 was referring to so my response was based on the correct info.

 

[Ah_5500]

My wheels have three pieces. 2 halves and a hub. What I'm talking about is putting a spacer between the two halves to widen the wheel itself. The only issue would be if the studs are long enough, if not get new studs. The same hub would be used so the spindle wouldn't need to be longer.

 

[justinlogue5_0]

I think the spacers came with longer studs so since your using a hub, bolt up should be pretty simple for you. (I think)

 

[DeathMachine]

Or, maybe buy the proper wheels.....

 

[justinlogue5_0]

Or, maybe buy the proper wheels.....

Then you lose the look of the vintage wheel. In my case anyways.

 

[DeathMachine]

I understand the look of the wheel, but as was pointed out earlier, it's not very safe.

 

[jandj]

It's hard to be sure without seeing a pic of what we're taking about.
A set of "normal" vintage wheel halves don't use hubs.
On the other hand, a set of older Van K or Douglass halves did.....but normally they didn't use spacers...so without seeing what we're dealing with I can't offer an informed opinion.

 

[Ah_5500]

These wheels with these hubs.




Same as what's pictured on the kart at the beginning of the thread.

 

[jandj]

Thank you.
As long as you don't go ridiculously wide with your spacer, I don't see a problem.
If you go too wide, I stand by my (and Sid's) comments about the effect of hard cornering a vintage kart on modern wide, soft tires.
And yes, you should be able to go with longer studs if needed.