JimB

[Greg Duggan]

Jim,

got my new rims Friday. Had them mounted and tried to put them on tonight. well, i guess they don't fit 2003 Nitro trailers. The inside of the rim hits the brake caliper clips.

Do you know anybody looking for rims? if so. i would like to sell them and not go through the aggravation of having to ship them back.



GregD

 

[Carlos Hathcock III]

Dude! That blows! is there a spacer you can use to help with the setback?

 

[Jim B]

Yea that totally stinks. Its the same size and offset at the steel wheels so i dont know why it wouldnt fit. Mine cleared the brakes with no issue at all.

 

[Greg Duggan]

iwould have use close to 1/2" spacer. Not sure that is the best or safest option.

The rim hits the caliper clips. I slightly modified them and got the rim to set all the way on the studs. But there is only a fraction of an inch between rim and the clip. To close for comfort.

 

[Greg Duggan]

They must have changed the caliper design over the years.

I called C/O and talked tot them about this issue. Theywere not to reseptive to the problem. I am apparantly the only one to have this issue? They need a letter from the shop that mounted the wheels stating that the rims don't fit.

Plus its gonna cost me another 25/30 in shipping fees to get them back to Tenn.

Maybe I will r

Try some fender washers.

 

[Jim B]

Can you take a pic of the clips? I know that are brakes are not the same, you have UFP and i have tiedown but they are very similar. UFP is used on tons of boats and i know there are others that have these same rims on trailers with them.

 

[Greg Duggan]

I will post a pic later today. I am going to try a small shim/spacer on each stud and see how close I am.

I would realy like to use these rims, the old stock rims have looked bad since year 2.

 

[Greg Duggan]

Well i tried the shim/spacer tonight and no luck. It's just to close. So had the rubber put back on the old rims and mounted them back on the trailer.

I will post them in the swap and sell and a couple of local sights.



Check out pics in my library. you can see the two clips that hold the caliper in place in the 1st 2 photos.

third shows the rim in place and where the clips are touching.



GregD