seat Workshop Repair Guides

SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Specifications on disk wheels > < General notes
Layout of a wheel rim
   
Layout of a wheel rim
1 - Wheel rim contour:
q   Contact surface for lateral tyre bead
2 - Hump (H2) on both sides of rim
q   This prevents the tyre from coming off the shoulder of the rim during extreme cornering.
q   Extended hump (EH2): required for use with tyres with emergency running characteristics → Chapter
3 - Lower throat
q   Facilitates tyre mounting
A - Flange-to-flange width
q   Distance between contact surfaces on both rim flanges
q   Dimensions specified in inches
B - Wheel rim diameter code
q   Distance between contact surfaces of tyre on opposing shoulders
q   Dimensions specified in inches
C - Rim depth
q   Distance between vertical centre of wheel and inner wheel contact surface
q   Dimensions specified in mm
D - Pitch circle diameter
q   Pitch circle diameter of holes for wheel lug bolts
q   Dimensions specified in mm
E - Middle hole
q   Used for centring
q   Dimensions specified in mm

   

Specifications on disk wheels > < General notes