Two years ago I purchased some KMC Addicts for my 2012 JK and had them shipped to the UK where I live.

Finally today I had enough of the vibration caused at 70mph. I took it into a tyre specialist and they rebalanced the tyres but also informed me that there were no Hub Centric Rings and this was the cause of the vibration as no amount of wheel balancing will help the problem if the wheels don't sit properly.

Does anyone know what size Hub Centric Rings I need. I can get them in the UK but I've no idea of the size.

Also, has anyone else experienced something like this.

Paul

 

Is there anybody who can help me with this.......please!

 

jeep hubs are 71.5mm and just measure your rim hub bore diameter ie if they are 78MM then you need a 71.5mm/78mm hub ring. If you can't measure them for some reason take them to a machine shop they can measure hub bore for you. short of that contact the rim maker and ask. Raceline has thiers all posted on their web site.

 

Did you remove these? It is absolutely 100% required that the stock lug retainer clips be removed with aftermarket wheels or wheel spacers. Otherwise, the wheel cannot sit flush on the hub.

You don't need hubcentric rings for aftermarket wheels as long as the lugnuts are correctly torqued in a star pattern.

 

... things that make you go huh.

 

Right. Those clips are for manufacturing purposes only--they keep the disc on the hub while the vehicle is on the assembly line.

The clips are not on every stud.

The stock wheels are designed with inset gaps to clear those retainer clips, while still allowing the wheel to sit flush on the hub.

Wheel spacers and aftermarket wheels require removal of those clips. Someone who mounts a wheel spacer or aftermarket wheel to a hub that still has those clips--typically on 3 or 4 of the 5 studs--makes it impossible for the wheel to sit flush on the disc/hub.

If cyberil has run his aftermarket wheels for this long on his JK without removing those clips, he may have damaged the wheels.

If those clips were removed, then there is something else going on.

 

WRONG! I was referring to your comment about not needing hub-centric rings and letting the lug nuts bear the weight.

 

If you are using the proper coned lugnuts, and are torquing them properly, they center the wheel on the hub.

 

I predict a beat down coming......

While I am in the hub centric rings are good and have no negatives, I also realize most non OEM rims are not hub centric but lug centric and they have been doing fine for years.

 

ha agreed!