I have some Asanti barrels and wanted to put an ssr gt3 face in it, but I have a problem. The diameter of the face flange is a couple millimeters (2-4) smaller than the barrel flanges. The face doesn't press fit into the barrel, it slides freely in and out (no jokes here ).

I'm sure if I clamped all 40 bolts down it would be difficult to move the face by hand, but I would think that I don't want to depend on only the nuts and bolts to handle the load. Is there anything I can do to correct this. Any tricks that a refinisher would use to fix this, like machining a small insert or inserting a slivers of aluminum? I really want to use these faces but hoping I don't have to buy 4 new barrels. I am willing to pay for some type of machining.

 

If the face moves freely while the bolts are in then maybe try to find a thicker bolt to go through to eliminate any gaps around the bolts. This technically makes sense to me. but I'm no engineer so don't quote me on that. Maybe check with a shop that rebuilds wheels and see what their opinions are. You'll probably find a better solution from them than on here.

 

u should contact speedaddict as he recently rebuilt a set. maybe he call help you out.

 

i did, but he never got back to letting me know who did his. he did tell me his lip flanges had to be milled down.

 

if the face isnt perfectly centered, your wheels may "hop" during freeway speeds causing vibrations. like when your wheels are out of round. So eye balling it may not be the best idea. (i never assembled wheels, this is just my logic)

 

My wheel rebuilder machined a shim all around the wheel to ensure nothing shifted.

 

that's what i need!!!!!! Please let me know who did your wheels. I will ship them to them if they will create a shim for me. I'll pm you.

 

Yea, you definitely want that shim to take up the slack to keep the load off the hardware. Very similar to having hubcentric rings to match the car and the wheel. Good luck, hopefully we get to see the finished product!

 

I want to see them done myself. Could anyone who knows waijai le
t him know I pm'ed him?

 

Waijai where are you?