Wheel size oddity

Jun 02, 2006 12 Replies
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OK it's not model engineering but this trailer has carried loads of models ! (and the odd Bridgeport and Cincinatti mill)



I'm trying to find a spare wheel for my trailer, which has what look like Indispension units, with 5 stud 5" PCD hub and rims fitted with



165SR15 tyres. That combination of 5 stud and 5" PCD and 15" rim seems not to crop up anywhere that I can find - anyone got any clues ?

Whatever vehicle the wheels were off obviously was fitted with chrome hubcaps as the fixings are there , but the Indispension hub unit pushes though the centre wheel hole (about 3" diameter) far too far for any to be fitted now.



AWEM


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Its only a clue but my 1987 Indespension cat. shows that hub with 13" or 14" wheels as a Morris 1800 so perhaps another BL car of similar vintage. hth

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Andrew, have a look here:

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It doesn't tell you the wheel size but it has many common PCD's and offsets, so if you know these this should help narrow the list down a bit.

Peter

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Looking at that list the 1st 5 x 127 that crops up seems to be rover sdi. So maybe an older rover?

Wayne...

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Sadly not as the hole in the middle is too small for the hub !

AWEM

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Have you thought about contacting some of the car clubs they may hold some information.

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The old Saab 96 used a 15" wheel with a bloody great hole through the middle that was covered with a chrome hub cap. Many years ago it was a struggle to find someone that had a wheel balancer with adaptors to take this. And no, it wasn't mine, my parents had one:)

A possible candidate perhaps? Can't remember how many studs it had though.

Peter

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"real" volkswagen beetle?

citroen 2cv

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'taint a common-or-garden transit is it? (they use 15" 5 hole wheels but I never measured the PCD on mine :-(

Mark Rand RTFM

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Again this is not a definitive answer but I know there were some strange size wheels fitted to caravans. In the 1960s Cheltenham caravans were fitting 15" wheels with 5 studs a 6" inch PCD and a 4 inch hole in the centre. On the one my parents had they had nice chrome caps too - almost a hemisphere.

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maintenance then wheel spec.

So maybe try a caravan list eg uk.rec.caravanning or a caravan breakers - but it might be getting a bit old for that.

Alternatively could you change the hubs or use an adapter for the spare. I've seen these in caravan shops to enable a car spare to be used on the caravan.

Russell

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Just found this site

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which gave this list for 5 * 127

Make Model Year From Year To Austin Austin 2200 0 0 Austin 3 Litre 0 0 Austin Westminster 0 0 Austin BMC Farina Range 0 0 Chrysler Grand Cherokee 1999 0 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee 1999 0 Rover SD1 0 0 Vauxhall Cresta 0 0 Vauxhall Viscount 0 0

Russell

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And only about a 12mm centre hole... I still have a few hidden in various corners if anybody wants them... Might also have a couple of them old saab wheels too...

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