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13mm thread left with fitment of spacers, safe?

len_beach

ClioSport Club Member
Car  E92 M3,172 track car
If I were to fit 7mm spacers to my 172, I would have 13mm of thread still protruding into the hub. Would those in the know say that this is acceptable?
 
each wheel bolt should hold a fair few tons of force, so x 4 i think should hold the wheel fine, but thats my uneducated guess!
 
surely they just need to clear the run out of the thread through the hole, any protruding thread isn't causing and contact, therefore not making any difference?
 
i'd agree with edde, 13mm doesn't seem enough to me

there are some general rules for thread engagement and iirc it's 1.5 x Diameter that we work to at my place. But I'm not a structural engineer so don't remember exactly!! I'll check 2morrow.
 
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