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Subject Topic: 9 inch trailer wheels Post Reply Post New Topic
Personnewcampers7471
17/4/2011 at 5:17pm
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Pimping my trailer at the moment and wondered if any of you good towing folk know where I could get some 9 inch hubcaps? Google and fleabay both proving fruitless at the moment...

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Persontango55
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Do you mean wheel trims?


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17/4/2011 at 5:30pm
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Probably......

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Are you sure they are 9" as I have searched and I can't find anything either. The nearest I can find is 10" wheel trims.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/mini-10-wheel-trims-/250803616411?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a650f7a9b

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VESPA-PX-125-E-CHROME-SPOKE-WHEEL-TRIM-10-INCH-BLACK-/280552228743?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item4152374787


Personjosey60
17/4/2011 at 8:03pm
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Most common wheel sizes are 8" and 10" as far as i'm aware

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Personnewcampers7471
17/4/2011 at 8:11pm
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Re measured and they are 8 Inch, looks like there are no hub caps to smarten up the rims, so i'll start looking for new wheels....

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PersonDavey1000
14/5/2012 at 9:21pm
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Wheel trims or hub caps whatever you like to call them are actually a VERY BAD IDEA. There was a case of a motor coach operator who was in court because wheel nuts came loose, studs broke and a wheel came off. The coach crashed and overturned and people were killed. The state of the nuts had never been noticed because of a chrome hub cap. Nowadays most coaches have the wheel nuts exposed and little plastic pointers are fitted to see whether the nuts are coming loose. Now do you really want to fit those hub caps? If you do and you have enough room for 10" wheels the classic Mini wheels are quite good. Different length studs are available and if you use a stud slightly longer than standard there will be room for a lock nut. Be warned that at above about half a ton per axle the nuts on the left hand side may begin to loosen. If this happens Loctite threadlock will hold the fort but fit new studs and nuts as soon as possible. Longer studs plus a Nylock nut on top of the wheel nut will cure the loosening problem but really one should consider better running gear if the problem persists. Avonride suspensions for the classic Mini are rated to 550 kilos per axle. Meredith & Eyre units would do 650 kilos but at this kind of weight you don't want old rusty nuts and studs as they won't stand the torque needed to stop the nuts from unscrewing. Good luck and don't forget the threadlock.


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14/5/2012 at 9:49pm
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Almost forgot to mention it. There is now a British company making wheel studs with a safety feature. The stud is like a normal stud but it is longer. The elongated part is narrower than the main part and it has an opposite handed thread to the main part. AFAIK they are only made in HGV sizes :-( still there is always the lock nut idea and of course thread-locking compound. If you cannot get thread locking compound and things are desperate there is always Superglue. I had to use this on an Erde 142 trailer that I bought. The seller said "When its empty it rattles a bit but its OK once its loaded". The rattling seemed to be getting louder and when I checked it was the trailer coupling coming loose (one nut was about to fall off!) Erde bolts cannot be tightened properly because the thin walled tubing will crush but the problem is easy to solve. Obtain a bit of old galvanised water pipe or conduit pipe. Get a friend with a lathe to machine lengths of pipe that will just fit inside the rectangular hollow draw-bar where the bolts go through. Spray with cold galvanising paint and assemble. The bolts can now be tightened well-hard. The same dodge at the tipping pivot is also a good idea. One problem with Superglue is that it makes the nuts very difficult to undo unless they are warmed with a blowlamp.


PersonGrampian91
14/5/2012 at 10:32pm
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If you have enough threads left, Drill a small hole through the stud and fit a C or R clip.

Will stop the nuts coming off fully and no loss of strength or issues with glue.

Obviously only drill if you have threads to spare.

No drilling through the stud/bolt etc..


Personmichael
16/5/2012 at 11:11am
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i built my own trailers,still have one 6 x 3 re-vamped each year.it is now over 30 years old and looks really good.best option is to go for old mini wheels 145 x 10,better payload and wheel trims are easy to find.car scrap yard is the best place to find them.you may need the hub and bearings and brake disc to fit.you will need three wheels.

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