Thread: Confused by offset and its uses

Just a small point,

Offset has to be pretty wild before it will effect wheel bearings all that much.

It also depends on tyre construction and size as to weather or not it will effect the bearings.

If the rim is dished on the inside then with a rover you can go the same on the outside by flipping rims with no negative at all until you go to bigger tyres as your not changing anything other than moving load from 1 bearing to the other which are the same bearing anyway so are designed to take the load.

The other thing I will just state is that with fully floating axels there is very little if any vertical load on the axel unless the bearing craps it self.

I have had a lot to do with calculating offset loads on wheel bearings for tractors etc as in the Golf industry we dont run Ag tyres so we have to work out the propper offsets etc to fit low compaction tyres to our tractors.

The sets you can get from OEM are not always the best thing for the job.

Just be careful that the BMW rims have a load rating as heavy as a D2.
Of course Commodore wheels will also fit. Ditto.
Regards Philip A

Heres where they are, they are either 23mm or 29mm, if you have 16" wheels and 29mm lockstops, then you can change them for the smaller ones to improve the turning circle.

The bulletin refers to a VIN range, how ever it seems somes vehicles escape this and still have the issue so its def worth checking.





Part numbers for lockstops :-
23mm FTC 5151
You can if needed put washers behind it to make it the size YOU want, so if you need 25 mm for example, you can add 2 x 1mm thick washers.
Part number for washers WDL112081L

OK if your after a second set of wheels for off roading I think your question hasnt been answered mmmm depending what type off roading you plan on doing

width caused by off set rims = stability and it does make a big difference believe it or not my Disco is much better behaved

there are two option one is buy a set of king wheels which have very little off set difference or by a set of procomps which have +35 or -35 how ever you read it but they stick out 30mm or more then the standar rim this will obviously reduce your max tyre width though 290mm in my case is on the boader

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Originally Posted by Urban Panzer

Heres where they are, they are either 23mm or 29mm, if you have 16" wheels and 29mm lockstops, then you can change them for the smaller ones to improve the turning circle.

The bulletin refers to a VIN range, how ever it seems somes vehicles escape this and still have the issue so its def worth checking.





Part numbers for lockstops :-
23mm FTC 5151
You can if needed put washers behind it to make it the size YOU want, so if you need 25 mm for example, you can add 2 x 1mm thick washers.
Part number for washers WDL112081L[/B][/I]

You little beauty! I wondered why my D2 had the turning circle of an ocean going tanker! Is this LR Service Bulletin a freebie?? I notice p2 and 3 may have the rectification procedure...