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Recentered H1 wheels

From 1990 Ford Bronco, documented by Dave Blaney.

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1990 Ford Bronco - My unmolested H1 wheels, of the 12 bolt variety. I got a steal on 5 of them, 4 of which were brand new and had never had a wheel mounted on… 1990 Ford Bronco - Outer rim with the factory center still intact. Using this center the wheel would have a 7" back spacing, WAY too much. 1990 Ford Bronco - Inner wheel. 1990 Ford Bronco - O-ring. 1990 Ford Bronco - Here you can see the lower lip of the inner rim, which is where the new wheel center will be seated. 1990 Ford Bronco - USA 6x6 pressed centers. These things are absolutely bad ass. 1990 Ford Bronco - New wheel center dropped all the way into wheel and resting on the wheels lower lip. 1990 Ford Bronco - This position yields 3.5" back spacing. Much better for our application than the 7" factory back spacing. 1990 Ford Bronco - Mark all the way around the lip of the center with a sharpie. This gives you a good guide of where to grind the paint off. 1990 Ford Bronco - Extreme close-up of a dirty steel beadlock ring seated on a tire bead, with threaded studs protruding through the ring's bolt holes and a p… 1990 Ford Bronco - Grind the paint off of the weld area. I found that a sanding disk on a grinder was MUCH more effective than a wire wheel. 1990 Ford Bronco - New wheel center tacked into place. 1990 Ford Bronco - Finish welded around the rims circumference. 1990 Ford Bronco - A silver 8-lug wheel sitting face-up on plywood with its beadlock ring removed, exposing a ring of threaded studs standing up around the re… 1990 Ford Bronco - Overhead view of a silver 8-lug beadlock wheel lying face-up on a plywood sheet, its outer lock ring held by a full circle of studs and nut… 1990 Ford Bronco - Now that the new center is in, it's time to cut the old center out. There are a bunch of different ways this could be done, but I'm doing i… 1990 Ford Bronco - The ridge on the outer rim acts as a guide for the plasma cutter. I found it was easiest to make a smooth cut by rotating the rim under the… 1990 Ford Bronco - Old center cut out, it just takes a tap with a hammer to make it drop out. 1990 Ford Bronco - All five centers cut out. 1990 Ford Bronco - Ground down the rough plasma cut lines on the rim outers. Not perfectly smooth, but they don't necessarily need to be since they'll be cove… 1990 Ford Bronco - Finish welded the centers into the rim. 1990 Ford Bronco - The weld bubbled up the paint in a line all the way around the rim. 1990 Ford Bronco - But it's very easy to clean that up with a wire wheel. 1990 Ford Bronco - Original color I tried was WAY too blingy. I swear it didn't look gold colored on the can cap. 1990 Ford Bronco - Painted the wheel centers. The color is Dupli-Color "Buckskin". 1990 Ford Bronco - Crappy original valve stem. 1990 Ford Bronco - Annoying oblong hole for military valve stem. Needs to be drilled out to .453" (29/64") to accept civilian valve stem. 1990 Ford Bronco - Made a copper backing plate by smashing a short section of copper pipe flat. 1990 Ford Bronco - Backing plate covering back side of hole. 1990 Ford Bronco - Plug weld to fill hole. 1990 Ford Bronco - I then installed a short bolt on style civilian valve stem. 1990 Ford Bronco - Two different styles of civilian valve stems; the bolt on variety and the push in variety. I opted for the bolt on. 1990 Ford Bronco - After checking for clearance with the rock ring in place it became clear that while a short valve stem is generally better for wheeling, yo… 1990 Ford Bronco - So with the inner part done this is what I have so far. 1990 Ford Bronco - My tires finally came in, time to get my ass in gear and get these finished up. 1990 Ford Bronco - Rock rings welded onto outer wheel halves. 1990 Ford Bronco - Painted and looking nice and shiny. 1990 Ford Bronco - After a long time of trying to install valve stems without the right tool, I went out and bought the right tool. 1990 Ford Bronco - I put a little grease on the valve stem seats to get them to slide in a little better. 1990 Ford Bronco - Simple looking tool, and it's pretty much impossible to install a valve stem without it. 1990 Ford Bronco - Just pull the valve stem through the hole with a little prying action. 1990 Ford Bronco - No that's not a trash can, it's my bead lock inserts. 1990 Ford Bronco - USA6x6 inserts 1990 Ford Bronco - Start the insert going into the tire. 1990 Ford Bronco - Push it in with your foot. 1990 Ford Bronco - And there it is inside the tire. The insert is not completely rigid like a PVC insert, so it will get a little egg shaped while you're inse… 1990 Ford Bronco - Airsoft BB's used for dynamic balancing of tires, AKA bead balancing. 1990 Ford Bronco - Dump a sack of BB's into the tire for balancing. 1990 Ford Bronco - Once the BB's are in place go ahead and center up the bead lock insert in the hole, like this. 1990 Ford Bronco - Time to mount them up. First, put the back half of the wheel on a bucket. 1990 Ford Bronco - Next, make sure that this groove is clean. It's common to find RTV caked up in them. Then drop the tire over the wheel and make sure that t… 1990 Ford Bronco - Next stretch out a new o-ring a little and drop it place on this groove. If the o-ring is a little small try stretching it a bit more, but… 1990 Ford Bronco - See this extra hole? It is the CTIS hole that allows the hummer wheels to be remotely inflated. Not used in this application, but if you're… 1990 Ford Bronco - Then you just bolt the two halves together and you're done. Run the bolts down slowly and evenly so as to not squish the o-ring out of it's… 1990 Ford Bronco - A pair of Pit Bull Rocker mud-terrain tires with aggressive lug tread mounted on 8-lug beadlock-style wheels, the front one showing a black… 1990 Ford Bronco - Here are the wheels in action! I can see fender trimming in my future.