I was trying to put my stock wheels back on the car and I could not get them up against the hub. My other wheels 16" SSR will go back on up to about 1/8" from the hub and then I can work them on the rest of the way. The problem is only on the left front wheel. I tried the same hub with 3 different wheels with no luck. I always use a torque wrench and start the threads by hand and the lug nuts will still thread easily up to the hub with no wheel on. Any suggestions?????

 

Sounds a lot like you're trying to put a rear wheel on the front. The hub openings are different - the fronts go on the rears but not the other way around. Also, if the SSRs use a hub centering ring (the hole is too big so they use a sleeve to reduce it down to the proper size), make sure they're off the car. They may have picked up rust/dirt from the car and may look like they belong but they'll pop off with a screwdriver.

 

I bet it's one of the hub centering rings from the SSR rims stuck on the hub, interfering with fitment of the stock rim.

Let us know how this works out.

 

no ring on the SSR rims, they are a direct fitment. As for the wrong wheels, I tried three different wheels (Stock and SSR) and none would fit. I think I'm going to try to ream the holes on the wheels open .001 and see if that helps. A friend of mine thinks that the hole may be deformed from service shops using an impact wrench.

 

My friend has SSR Integral rims in 16" and they use centering rings. Please make certain they are not on the hub, it is difficult to see them. If not, sorry for the mistaken assumption.

It is strange to me that the rim center bore could become distorted from overtorquing the lug nuts. Are you sure that there isn't any aluminum material that has transferred from the rim to the steel flange on the hub? If so, remove that rather than reaming the hub.

Do you have any pictures?

 

Thanks guys,

My SSR integrals do not require centering rings. I looked at the threads and they have no aluminum on them. I tried to put three different wheels on this hub with no luck. I will try to take some pictures today. Does anyone have any objections to me opening up the wheels or is that the wrong way to correct the problem? I need to put the stock wheels on the as soon as possible since I have corded my R compounds.

 

I wouldn't open up the wheels... I would take a scotchbrite wheel or something similar and clean up the hub. If they have rust on them that would be the first place to start.

Is the screw that holds the Rotor to the hub all the way in?

Post a photo...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rev2-9K
[B]My SSR integrals do not require centering rings.

 

also to add, when centering rings "fuse" to the hub (from the metal to metal contact or rust), it looks like the the ring is part of the hub. i know many people that confuse the fused ring as part of the hub. when it's fused on there it's so tight that you have to pull out the chisel and hammer it off.


like coraldoc said, unless the SSRs were made for the S2000, you really should run centering rings, you can get by without running them, but you really shouldn't.