Subject	offset of the out rim has no effect on caliper
Posted by	AzHeat on January 21, 2005 at 3:25 PM
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In Reply To	hub backspacing and offset are two methods to measure the... posted by maglito on January 21, 2005 at 03:10 PM
Message	clearance. The dish (spokes) of a wheel is the interference point on a calipers not the offset of the dish to out rim offset. The greater the backspacking on the hub, the greater clearance of the spokes to calipers. When you buy the same wheel that has different offsets available, the dish/hub is the same. It is the outer rim lip offset that is different.
Follow Ups	offset for skyline brakes - RedSER13 14:03:03 01/21/05 Not sure of the difference in the brakes sticking out sorry, - College Boy 14:04:57 01/21/05 It is hub back spacing that does affect it. I had the same - AzHeat 14:16:31 01/21/05 hub backspacing and offset are two methods to measure the... - maglito 15:10:31 01/21/05 offset of the out rim has no effect on caliper - AzHeat 15:25:39 01/21/05 ??? - maglito 18:56:20 01/21/05 2nd..I'll just stick to what you and I said (n/m) - College Boy 20:00:20 01/21/05 how much to short is it? just get spacers..that really is y - College Boy 14:23:56 01/21/05 Your problem is the shape of the spokes more then the offset (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 14:14:27 01/21/05 the rims are 18" adr m-sports - RedSER13 14:59:31 01/21/05 different wheels or small hub centric spacers, good luck. (n/m) - maglito 15:11:51 01/21/05 You can test fitment by buying 5 large washers @ Home Depot - YugoBernie (NoVA) 15:13:47 01/21/05 You have to remember that you need a hubcentric ring also - NytWolf 15:15:47 01/21/05 you can measure how much backspacing you will need - AzHeat 15:18:40 01/21/05 that's gonna be tough. might need more than 5mm - schuss 15:31:21 01/21/05 that bad? damn - RedSER13 15:51:55 01/21/05 luke@tirerack can get them. - maglito 18:57:12 01/21/05
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