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It'd take a machine shop five minutes a wheel. And it'd be accurate too. I'm sure that there's someone local to you with a decent size lathe. They'll simply need to know the exact size of the hole needed. I'd imagine a fiver a wheel would cover it. Just make a few phone calls or speak to your nearest farmer in s wales. They know all the right people!

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11 hours ago, Spucky said:

Found a local place to do it cheap with a big lathe. Cheers for the suggestions

Lots of before and after pics please :)

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Thinking about the opposite of the problem, the center bore being too big, and I can only think if only someone would have invented a device that you could put in to reduce the size..

Nope.

That would never take off. Just buy wheels that fit. :rolleyes:

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A flap wheel on a drill will sort it  

No need for expensive machining. 

I opened up the crank cases on my old C90 with such a method. 

Works a treat ??

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#ghetto engineering 

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Here's the the before and afterIMG_20170518_132709.thumb.jpg.bf8cb786a5af88a0d4620a67a9d16e07.jpg

They need a good clean and the centre caps don't sit right because the wheel nuts are too big. 

Also I apologise for the sticker. It's of bad taste I know.

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On ‎12‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 9:05 AM, cj1 said:

Thinking about the opposite of the problem, the center bore being too big, and I can only think if only someone would have invented a device that you could put in to reduce the size..

Nope.

That would never take off. Just buy wheels that fit. :rolleyes:

Erm... Spigot rings?

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:rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

Yes. Perhaps the sarcasm didn't come across all that well here. But it was in reference to

" buying wheels that fit is doing it properly." - My point is that plenty of people buy wheels that don't fit, but can be made to fit either through Spigot Rings or machining the center. 

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