square wheel hubs???

[bkrider113]

Can wheel hubs be square and still be balanced?? The reason i ask is because I can cut steel squares easily and have my work drill and tap the holes

 

[sylvaner]

G'day I'm not sure if they would be very balanced, what I would try and do is get an angle grinder and shape it like a circle unless you have access to a lath off course =D
But yeah, not so sure that square would be too healthy so I hope you have an angle grinder handy cheers mate

 

[t0x1k]

Unless you're going over 35mph i doubt you'll notice the imbalance. You could also spin the axle and run a file until it rounds out like a lathe.

 

[dpaxson]

there's no reason why a square would be any more unbalanced than a circle. unless the square is not really that accurate

 

[bkrider113]

The way I look at it is as long as everything is the same on each side it would be balanced right?

 

[motor_head]

if its the all centered it would be balanced

 

[Raywelder]

Its still balanced because it is still symmetrical. As long as it is centered like he just said above.

 

[porsche930dude]

i have all kinds of hubs that are square and triangle for the 3 bolt kind. and there all factory built. no problem

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

My Manco Dingo had square wheel hubs that took 4 lug trailer style rims.

 

[rated///m]

there's no reason why a square would be any more unbalanced than a circle. unless the square is not really that accurate

I wanna respectfully disagree, a square drive shaft = 45mph vibrations, and a circle drive shaft has no problem.....I say this from experience of riding in a classmates Toyota, he had 38 inch boggers and showed me the drive shaft difference between the two. I still didn't believe him lol, so we fabricated a square piece of steel to fit on a angle grinder and switched between that and a fabricated circle and the result was a noticeable vibration difference. But for a cart, you will be ok.