This is an old post but I thought I'd respond in case someone is considering wheel spacers. My experience installing some aluminum wheel spacers, designed for a Jeep, did not go so well. The spacers I bought did not fit my 2025 Kubota 2380 BX rear wheel lug nut pattern, "properly". Let me be clear, I'm NOT bashing the product as they were not designed for a Kubota BX. I had read some posts, on other websites, that said their jeep spacers fit "perfectly". With that said, the spacer I tried to use appeared to fit the rear axle hub. The Kubota rear wheel did fit over the spacers' lug bolts. However, I was unable to fit all the lug "nuts" so they had 360 degree contact on the "inside" of the Kubotas' wheel hole pattern. I tried refitting several times but it was a no-go in my case. If I had simply driven the lug nuts home with my air impact, I might not have noticed there was a problem. Air Impacts have a way of force fitting things. However, I always align and adjust wheels on the lug bolts so the lug nuts have full, 360 degree, contact on the inside of the wheel holes before I torque things down. I understand lug nuts are supposed to be self centering but I take a few extra minutes and align things first. So, I ended up removing the spacer and replacing the wheel without the spacer. When I replaced the wheel, without the spacer, everything fit perfectly using just light hand tool pressure. All the lug nuts fit with full contact all the way around the bolt hole pattern. So, if I had just force fit using
my air impact would I have developed premature wheel bearing and/or seal failure? I guess I'll never know. However, I do have a couple of shinny new aluminum "watcha-call-its" sitting on my work bench, At my age I know better!
my air impact would I have developed premature wheel bearing and/or seal failure? I guess I'll never know. However, I do have a couple of shinny new aluminum "watcha-call-its" sitting on my work bench, At my age I know better!
