Is the Diameter of a Trailer Wheel Pilot Hole Important When Choosing a Replacement Wheel  

Most trailer wheels are lug centric and not hub centric meaning that the wheels are centered on the hub with the lug nuts not the pilot hole. This in turn means that the pilot hole of your wheels does not need to match the pilot hole of your hub.…

It is ideal to match up the pilot hole size of wheels with your existing hubs since the actual weight load on the wheel is intended to be supported both at the pilot hole and studs, and not just at the studs themselves. If the wheel's pilot hole…

In regards to pilot hole diameter, this really only matter if the wheels are hub piloted which most trailer wheels are not. If your wheels have beveled lug nut holes then they are lug piloted so as long as the hub bore on the wheel is larger than the…

The pilot hole diameter only matters in one of two scenarios: First, if the wheel secures to the hub using bolts instead of lug nuts then the pilot hole has to be exact because that is how it centers on the hub. Second, if the wheel secures to the…

The center hole (referred to as pilot hole) on a lug-centric wheel will work for a trailer hub as long as the pilot diameter is big enough to fit your hub and has the same bolt pattern. For the Kenda 4.80-12 Bias Trailer Tire with 12" Wheel…

The pilot diameter is measured as the diameter of the large hole in the center of the wheel. The Dexstar #AM20790 steel dual trailer wheel you referenced has a 4.88 pilot diameter. So which pilot diameter would you need? To figure that out, I would…

Having a larger center pilot hole on a wheel is fine as long as the wheel secures to the hub using lug nuts. If the old wheels secure to the hub using bolts then that means the wheel centers on the hub with the pilot hole and you would need a wheel…

Actually, no, this is not going to work for you. The problem is that on wheels and hubs that use wheel bolts instead of lug nuts to secure the wheel to the hub, the pilot hole has to be exact because that is how it centers on the hub. Even if it…

If you have a lug-centric hub then the fact that the pilot hole has a diameter that is 1/4" larger is not going to cause the studs to break. There are a number of potential reasons that your wheel studs are breaking such as they are torqued…

The only time you have to match up the pilot hole is when your hub uses lug bolts, which then would use a hub-centric wheel. As long as your trailer hub uses lug nuts, the pilot hole will not effect mounting your wheel to the trailer hub because the…

The only time the pilot diameter really plays a factor is when the wheel is installed on a hub centric hub and not a lug-centric setup. If your current wheels use wheel bolts instead of lug nuts to secure to the hub then you have a hub-centric setup…

If you have wheel studs on your hubs and, going to a wheel with a larger pilot hole should not pose a problem provided the wheels have the same bolt pattern. If you have hub-piloted wheels and wish to change wheel sizes, we do not offer a spacer to…