Enlarging hub center on aluminum wheels?

[morf]

Just ran into a new issue on my new-to-me FJ40. The PO fitted after market aluminum wheels. The hup centers are too small to fit over the front hub, so it appears that he had the front wheels turned on a lathe to enlarge the center opening to fit over the Warn lockers. However, he did not enlarge the opening on the rear wheels or the spare--presumably because he wanted the macho hub caps to still fit. None of that's a problem, unless you hope to be able to use the spare on the front--it won't fit over the front hubs. That would be a somewhat disappointing discovery 50 miles into the back country!

Have any of you encountered this issue? Any ideas where one takes wheels to be turned on a lathe?

 

[charliemeyer007]

Big lathe at a machine shop or a mill. Make a template from a correct fitting wheel and bolt it to the wheel you want to modify. Scribe a circle and grind to the line, close enough.

 

[devo]

When I bought new allow wheels for my 80 the center hole were too small. So a trip to the machinist for a simple 4mm enlargement on all 5 wheels and I was rearing to go.

 

[3_puppies]

is it hitting the locking tab?
I thought the body of the hub is the same OD as the hub it bolts to

 

[pb4ugo]

Do the rear rims sit flush against the rear axle flange? I think the rear rims need to be opened up also so they fit properly on the flange. Folks usually buy rims with the proper approx 4" size center hole.

 

[pbgbottle]

3 puppies is on to it. Mine didn’t fit either I removed the locking tabs and sanded the Warn Hub body cleaned up the wheel hub and they just fit they usually fit I had three different sets of aluminum wheels on mine. 1978. Center caps won’t fit thought if they come through from the back of the wheel
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