Thread: Disco 2 Wheels - Nut-centric or Hub-centric

My wrecking D2 is 100% hub centric as the wheels were hard to shift even with the nuts off! A bit o' corrosion in there and they are hub bound.

Originally Posted by roobar_and_custard

Hi,
Does anyone know if Disco 2 wheels are nut-centric (align with wheel nuts) or hub-centric (align on the hub)??
I'm planning a disc conversion on another vehicle using Disco 2 parts, and this info would really help.

Thanks,
Ian.

To my knowledge, no modern car is nut-centric. Design rules prohibit this. Nuts are to hold the rim to the hub, hub ring to centre it.

Thanks for the replys. This at least confirms I need to make new hubs.
Ian

I would try to check out the Disco2 factory steel rims too, I suspect they may use tapered nuts unlike the alloys.

The alloy wheel nuts are tapered at the end and are therefore compatible with the LR steel wheels. The steel wheels are also hub centric.

With what I am doing, to stay within the legal track width increase, I'll be using the standard 57mm offset wheels but as 8x16, which somewhat limits my choice of wheels to the alloys.

I was hoping to be able to re-machine my stub axles to take the new PCD, but it is a little hard to machine on material and I'm pretty sure that the engineer would have kittens if he saw welded hubs...

New stub axles it is then... just need to find some to measure up...

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by bsperka

To my knowledge, no modern car is nut-centric. Design rules prohibit this. Nuts are to hold the rim to the hub, hub ring to centre it.

I reckon my bt50 is nut centric.

When you put the wheel on it does not sit on the hub but on the studs. As you tighten up the nuts the wheel begins to align correctly.

Bryan.