landrover wellers re-drill help

[AndyG]

Good job the price was right

Those tyres (235/85/16) won't fit in the standard MK5 arches

[spike72]

i am going to put 195-65-16 tyres on but was thinking of putting 205-65-16 on the rear with flared wheel arches on the rear but dont think the sliding door will open properly ????

spike

[Luke]

what diameater hole and how deep do you go champher

13mm dia hole and the chamfer is about 1-2mm deep depending on the thickness of the wheel as a rule go 2/3rds in - what you dont want is to go too far in and open up the 13mm hole - if you want an exact measuremnt let me know the thickness of the bit the holes will be going through

so as i take it 160 pcd 60 degree champher just need the above confirmed

yup

[Luke]

sorry to hi jack luke do u thunk its poss to weld up holes and redrill 4 6 stud? or cut the centre out and make a new boss for 6 stud? just dont fancy changing for 5 stud axle ect ure the 1 id trust for advice

i've thought about these before as mentioned the offset can be a problem but if i was doing it i think i'd cut out a piece of steel and weld it to the back of the weller then drill through that and also welded the old 5 holes up but probly a lot more work than converting to 5 stud

minormatts been looking at it too

[spike72]

once again cheers luke much appriciated

managed to talk local engineer in to doing it after showing him this thread and showing pics of mattblackminibus with the wellers on lol

[Luke]

once again cheers luke much appriciated

managed to talk local engineer in to doing it after showing him this thread and showing pics of mattblackminibus with the wellers on lol

nice one mate glad to help

dont forget them pics

[madbri]

thanks luke problem with 5 stud the insurance want an engineers report done! the van ant worth that sort of money spending on her il get a nice set of trims

[MinorMatt]

Im going to fit a 5 stud axle redrilled to 6 stud jap PCD

[madbri]

Im going to fit a 5 stud axle redrilled to 6 stud jap PCD

cant u make an adaptor plate? y do u have to fit a 5 stud set up

[MinorMatt]

because I dont want my wheels sticking several inches out from under the arches...

The 6 stud axle is only about 2" narrower than the van (not scientifically or accurately measured!) and by the time you put an adaptor plate on its going to be significantly worse. The other thing I have considered is a twin wheel axle, but its putting a load of load on the bearings so I discounted it although it may be possible on the back - front would be the same problem :s

[madbri]

oh sh*t i c now no wonder there ant sexy wheels 4 a six stud

[1949bug]

This thread is seriously lacking pictures

[flashbaztard]

i am thinking of doing the same
but to make it easier i was thinking of cutting the centres out of tranny wheels [5 or 6 stud] then welding them to the outside of wellar rim and just drilling the holes out
that way the wellars would be sandwiched between the hub and wheel centre's

and how about jacking up the back wheel of your tranny [with tranny wheels on]

put it in first, ticking over then bodge a jig with a cutting blade as a homespun lathe to cut the centres out
see tranny owners can think!
if you get injured , i deny posting this, [the cat was using my pc,summat to do with the mouse!]

[darkbluevanman]

Let's have a piccy of some landy wheels fitted to a tranny... what happens with the old holes? in a cosmetic sense?

[Luke]

Let's have a piccy of some landy wheels fitted to a tranny... what happens with the old holes? in a cosmetic sense?

the set i did for martin he welded over the old holes but most just leave them on as they dont look out of place with the nuts