CBL come off the hub??

[VL-187]

okay last night i got pulled over and copped a defect for my 20" rims , he has given me 7 days to clear it and i am a bit confussed on something...
on the reciet for my rims it says "please make sure that CBL come off the hub when using the spare or if alloys are replaced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and yes it actully has that many !'s lol so im guessing that must be some pretty important information... only thing is, i got no idea what that means , i dont wana replace the wheels with the spares before i find out what it meens by the CBL coming off... can anyone help me out please?

cheers

[klaw81]

I can't tell you what CBL stands for, but I think I know what they're talking about....

Sometimes when aftermarket alloy wheels are fitted to cars, the fitters will supply small plastic or nylon rings that fit around the raised area in the centre of the wheel hub. Due to aftermarket wheels needing to fit a wide variety of different cars (and therefore different wheel hubs), the wheel stud holes are usually quite large and the hub interface is machined in various places to accomodate different size centre bearings etc. These means the wheel can often move around quite a bit when sitting on the wheel studs. If the wheel is bolted tightly in place while off-centre, you're in for a wobbly ride - the vibration will be very noticeable at speed.

By placing these spacers on the hub, the diameter of the raised area is increased, and this makes it much easier for the fitters to centre the wheel on the hub while the nuts are done up.

So basically, when you remove your wheels, you will probably see some round plastic spacers on the hubs. They should just pull off but might require some persuasion. These will need to be removed before fitting the stock wheels or spare, because the wheels probably won't fit if you don't!

[VL-187]

thanks for that klaw81, i had a feeling it might of been those little rings but the whole CBL thing just threw me off...

cheers mate, i appreciate that...