Yet More Handy Tricks: Volume 5

Step 2 Lug Spacing Guage

The junkyard had this keyring full of handy guages for checking whether a wheel would fit a car.
If they both have the same number of holes and the spacing is right for the same pegs to span two holes, it's the same bolt pattern.

Pretty nifty, and a big timesaver in a wheel hunt.
Mose demonstrates with the wheel we were hoping to match.

Comments

[ss2007wow]

Most new & used tire shops will have them, here is a link:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Wheel+Bolt+Pattern+Gauges&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=ivns&biw=1712&bih=857&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=6006274215940821102&ei=Cq4iTYebGs2hnweesZCtDg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CFoQ8wIwAQ#

[dudlajmiga]

can you give more info on this? thank you

[TimAnderson]

that's all I know. They look like this and junkyards have them.

[dudlajmiga]

aha,though that you have this with you,thx anyway :)