SIIA Wheel Spacers

[gallf1]

Hi:
Does anyone know where in the US to purchase reasonable cost wheel spacers? I have a 1971 SIIA 109 with Salisbury axles front and rear running the NATO rims with 9.00 x 16lt (36.3" diameter) tires.

One supplier back East has them listed for over $600...

Would the ones that our host sells fit on my Salisbury's?
Thx!!

[leafsprung]

http://www.wheelspacer.com/home.asp

The salsbury is the same from the axle housing flange out. There is nothing special about them.

[greenmeanie]

The inevitable question is how much spacing do you want?

If you are only looking for 1/4 to 3/8" or so to cut up an old set of brake drums so you just have the flat center disk that fits your bolt pattern. You'll need to add longer wheel studs to make that work. A bit more machining and you can create them out of plate from you local metal suppliers.

If you are looking at 1" or so yo uare getting into more specialist territory.

Cheers
Gregor

[gallf1]

SIIA Wheel Spacers

Thx guys....I am looking for at least 1" thick spacers, so I will try the link you provided. I like the fact that he uses steel instead of aluminum.

[s3landy]

Have you considered having the rim centres reversed. I did this on my old Series 3 and gained about 1.5 " of offset.


Mike

[Tim Smith]

Have you considered having the rim centres reversed. I did this on my old Series 3 and gained about 1.5 " of offset.


Mike

Who did this for you? I was thinking that this was becoming a lost art for rover wheels.

[s3landy]

I took the rims to a rim repair shop and they straightened and reversed them for about $60.00 each. That was a few years ago though.

Mike

[leafsprung]

whats lost about it. You can do it yourself if you are careful

[Tim Smith]

whats lost about it. You can do it yourself if you are careful

Maybe you could do it. I don't trust my own welding skills nearly enough to attempt something like this. Although, like anything else, I'm willing to give it a try.

I haven't been able to find a wheel repair shop that will deal with steel wheels. I don't know if it's related, but it's also "illegal" for a shop to repair your frame in CT. I'm not sure exactly what the reasoning is or the extent of illegal it is but I know for a fact that no shop will touch a frame with a 10 foot pole.

Any way, lost art... more like "not allowed to" art. But please someone prove me wrong.

[LaneRover]

I don't know if it's related, but it's also "illegal" for a shop to repair your frame in CT. I'm not sure exactly what the reasoning is or the extent of illegal it is but I know for a fact that no shop will touch a frame with a 10 foot pole.:

I think that most shops just don't want to deal with crawling under an oily old vehicle and tell people it is illegal.

[SafeAirOne]

I think that most shops just don't want to deal with crawling under an oily old vehicle and tell people it is illegal.

Just a guess here, but modern vehicles have failure points specifically engineered into the chassis. These "crumple zones" are difficult to impossible to repair in vehicles that are involved in otherwise repairable accidents. Perhaps "Illegal" is an accurate description for unqualified shops in CT...

Of course we don't have to worry about this; Our series rovers are of 2 types--Ones where the ENTIRE rusted chassis is a crumple zone and ones where the other guy's car is the crumple zone. Check the condition of the inside of your chassis to determine which you have (mine's halfway between type 1 and 2).

[Tim Smith]

Frame repairs

Illegal.

I've heard it from more than one welding shop and heard it from more than one Rover owner in CT. I believe the rover owners either learned to weld themselves, crossed the border to get it done or just swapped out for a new frame.

I'm sure it all has something to do with liability. I guess it's a sign of the times.

[Mercedesrover]

I don't know if it's related, but it's also "illegal" for a shop to repair your frame in CT.

Oh no! I'm going to jail!!

I've been welding frames for 25 years and they haven't come after me yet. Many, many manufacturers sell front frame rail sections for a full frame that has a crumple zone. Ford expecially has been doing this for years and years. Wack up the front of your F150, buy the first 18" of the rail from Ford and weld it back on.

If shops are telling you that welding your Rover frame is illegal, I'll bet they just don't want to well your Rover frame.

[Tim Smith]

Oh no! I'm going to jail!!

I've been welding frames for 25 years and they haven't come after me yet. Many, many manufacturers sell front frame rail sections for a full frame that has a crumple zone. Ford expecially has been doing this for years and years. Wack up the front of your F150, buy the first 18" of the rail from Ford and weld it back on.

If shops are telling you that welding your Rover frame is illegal, I'll bet they just don't want to well your Rover frame.

Jim's been proving me wrong more times than not lately. It's a good thing too because otherwise I might start to get cynical and start prefacing all my statements with "In the good old days..."

Of which I have no clue if they were any good'er.

[lrdukdog]

wheel spacers

Would these fit a series truck>

http://www.landroverparts.us/LandRoverSpecial.html

Sorry RN but this could help this chap.
Jim Wolf
Elvenwood Kennel