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I researched them for over 6 months. Never did I find a failed BORA spacer. Found the occasional failed spacer but it was either one of two things, Improper install or cheap no name brands.
All the post saying they are going to fail were accompanied by only the hearsay (my cousins, friends, neighbors, uncle's spacers failed) and not personal experience, all the positive post were accompanied by a pic of their truck pulling a trailer for over 10k miles etc..
Do your research and make your own decision. The jeep world has used good quality spacers for a long time with no problems.
Thanks for you thoughts about this. I appreciate it. I will have to do the research like you said so I can make an informed decision.
Thanks for you thoughts about this. I appreciate it. I will have to do the research like you said so I can make an informed decision.
I've never used spacers but have read horror stories people using them. Falling off the hub, losing the wheel. I think there safe, if they weren't they wouldn't sell them.....right? 🤔
I'm just bugging, just as long as you torque them to specs as per Boras specifications, then mount the wheels/tires and torque them to 150 ft/lbs. you should be fine. Treat them like when you mount new wheels. Torque them again. I mean the spacers. Then put the wheels back on and retorque them to 150 ft/lbs
Just wondering how safe spacers are really. Great idea but is there a chance they may fail traveling at high speed? I guess we can put them on here in Ontario but you would have to take them off in the event of a safety inspection.
Any input please would be appreciated.
FWIW, my father-in-law's older Dodge Ram threw the front passenger tire twice within a month or so due to sheared studs, no spacer. Just the factory config and 2 bad wheel studs that caused the whole tire to come off.
So I would imagine the spacers aren't any more dangerous.
Yes make sure they are torqued correctly, I took it in to have the wheel bearings replaced(another down fall of the spacers, hard on the wheel bearings) and they did not retorque the spacers correctly, I was going 35 mph when the truck shimmied like crazy as I was pulling over it came of went down the road crossed the median and hit a car in someones driveway.
The shops ins. paid for everything, no one was hurt.
I put a lot into my truck, I mean just basic stuff and I like how it is. Although I do want to put a level on it. I don't need the aggravation of getting into an accident. This is my first ever truck and love it. I actually get leery when my wife says she wants to drive it. LOL Not all women are bad drivers, just her. She hit our 08 rabbit in the driveway with the old grandprix we had. So that's all I need is for me to do something foolish. Can never expect the unexpected but I can at least try.
Just wondering how safe spacers are really. Great idea but is there a chance they may fail traveling at high speed? I guess we can put them on here in Ontario but you would have to take them off in the event of a safety inspection.
Any input please would be appreciated.
Actually they are legal in Ontario. As long as they are like the ones posted where they bolt to the hub and then you bolt the wheel to the spacer. It's the type that are literally ring with hole where you still bolt the wheel to the factory stud that are illegal. Basically because by using that type you are reducing the amount of thread engagement.
01-09-2017, 01:31 PM
Spacers
