James99
Senior Member
I recently bought a CLK W209, my first Mercedes and a really lovely car. But I've noticed some juddering at motorway speeds. It turns out the rear wheels have 6mm thick spacers. The spacers are not hubcentric and so the alloy wheels (replicas) aren't quite centred. The front wheels have no spacers and are fine.
I want to get rid of the 6mm spacers on the rears but I wonder why they were there in the first place? The tyre fitter thought it may be to stop the wheel bolts hitting the parts inside the hub.
So I'm wondering what length wheel bolt is best to use? Could I please trouble someone to tell me on a W209 how far standard Mercedes wheel bolts protrude out the back of a standard wheel? Then I will compare it with these wheels and bolts and change them if necessary. Thank you very much!
In case it is of interest, the wheels are 18x8.5" ET35 front and rear. The bolts are conical with a thread length of 27mm and (with the 6mm spacers in place) take 6 turns to tighten fully.
Thank you again.
I want to get rid of the 6mm spacers on the rears but I wonder why they were there in the first place? The tyre fitter thought it may be to stop the wheel bolts hitting the parts inside the hub.
So I'm wondering what length wheel bolt is best to use? Could I please trouble someone to tell me on a W209 how far standard Mercedes wheel bolts protrude out the back of a standard wheel? Then I will compare it with these wheels and bolts and change them if necessary. Thank you very much!
In case it is of interest, the wheels are 18x8.5" ET35 front and rear. The bolts are conical with a thread length of 27mm and (with the 6mm spacers in place) take 6 turns to tighten fully.
Thank you again.