Hub of Spacer broke off? What the....

[swcrow]

So I decided to do a quick wheel rotation and when I got to my rear wheels I found the pictures below. The hub portion of the spacer literally broke off. Has anyone ever seen this before? Their hub centric and my wheels are hubcentric as well so I don’t get it. These are BFI spacers fwiw

Now I have to bolt the wheels back on with no hub to rest on, Until I can get replacement spacers

 

[hotbascosauce]

Yup. This happened to me with 10mm ECS spacers.

 

[Judas]

yikes

 

[Hollywood0220]

Are you driving on the beaches with those? That's some pretty good corrosion....

 

[swcrow]

Yup. This happened to me with 10mm ECS spacers.

Guess I will go back to H&R

Are you driving on the beaches with those? That's some pretty good corrosion....

lol good old VA

 

[Mk7tsi3door]

The rears break off if they are less then 15mm I think. It hits on the ... axle cap? Lol not sure but I broke some like that too

 

[swcrow]

The rears break off if they are less then 15mm I think. It hits on the ... axle cap? Lol not sure but I broke some like that too

Reeeeeeally? I’m glad you said this... was about to replace with another set....of 10mm

Only the rears?

 

[VAG Parts Bin]

Think you need rear specific due to the deeper hub depth.

 

[jimlloyd40]

So I decided to do a quick wheel rotation and when I got to my rear wheels I found the pictures below. The hub portion of the spacer literally broke off. Has anyone ever seen this before? Their hub centric and my wheels are hubcentric as well so I don’t get it. These are BFI spacers fwiw

Now I have to bolt the wheels back on with no hub to rest on, Until I can get replacement spacers

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I had it happen and I don't remember the brand of spacer. If you have a Discount Tire in your area I would buy tires from them because they use a round wire brush and clean off all that rust and corrosion every time you rotate and balance.

 

[swcrow]

Think you need rear specific due to the deeper hub depth.

Makes total sense actually

 

[Mk7tsi3door]

Reeeeeeally? I’m glad you said this... was about to replace with another set....of 10mm

Only the rears?

Yep I think you can like grind down the inside of the 10mm or remove the axle cap but I’d just get 15mm lol