Will the Kenda 5.30-12 Bias Trailer Tire with 12" Galvanized Wheel Replaced Wheel With Smaller Pilot

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looking at this trailer tire. My trailer has 4hole , but the pilot hole is 2.5.The new rims say the pilot hole is 2.81. Does that matter if the bolt holes line up?

asked by: Thomas M

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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 hub you will be fine. Therefore, the Kenda 5.30-12 Bias Trailer Tire with 12" Galvanized Wheel part # AM30710 will work just fine.

expert reply by: Conner L

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Answer 1

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…

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Answer 2

All of our 12 x 4-inch trailer wheels are shown on the linked page. We have two bolt patterns available in this wheel size, 4-on-4 and 5-on-4-1/2. In the specs section on each wheel's page we indicate the pilot hole diameter. These wheels have…

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Answer 3

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…

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Answer 4

A pilot hole that is larger would not be a problem as long as the wheel is stud piloted (the wheel is centered on the hub by the studs and lug nuts). You will be able to tell if the hub uses wheel bolts or lug nuts. If it uses wheel bolts, it is a…

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Answer 5

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…

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Answer 6

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…

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Answer 7

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.…

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Answer 8

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…

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Answer 9

If the center part of the hubs on your trailer are 2-1/2 inches or smaller then tire and wheel combo #AM30120 will fit. A pilot hole can be larger than the hub center diameter if the wheel is held on to the hub with lug nuts. But if it attaches using…

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Answer 10

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…

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Answer 11

There are two different types of trailer hubs that will determine if the pilot hole on a wheel matters or not. First there are hubs that use wheel bolts to secure the wheel to the hub. These are called hub-centric. For this type, the pilot hole has…

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Answer 12

The 2.8" pilot hole will typically be found on wheels in the 8" to 10" range, so having it on a 12" wheel is a little odd. With that being said, most trailer wheels, if not all in this size, are lug centric and are centered by the…

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